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Council approves CDBG-CV amendment to fund ECCCM walk-in cooler and nonprofit services

Newton City Council · March 1, 2026
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Summary

Council approved an amendment request to the city's CDBG-CV grant to seek up to $185,000 in additional funds so ECCCM can purchase and install a walk-in cooler/freezer and continue nonprofit assistance activities funded by the grant.

At a public hearing on Jan. 10 the Newton City Council considered a proposed Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) budget amendment to increase funding for nonprofit activities tied to the Newton COVID-19 Response Project (grant 20-V-3531).

Sherry Long of the Western Piedmont Council of Governments explained that when the city applied it budgeted $715,000 of eligible expenses;…

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