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Committee recommends Gardner City’s FY2026 CDBG application, reallocates prior‑year funds to social services and downtown improvements
Summary
Assistant Director Amy Diaz presented the proposed FY2026 CDBG application and recommended reallocations of prior‑year funds to maintain social services (including Gardner Community Action Committee, veteran services and Saint Paul’s Laundry Love) and to fund downtown phase 6 infrastructure; the committee voted to recommend the packet to the full council for action on April 6.
Assistant Director Amy Diaz told the committee that the Community Development Department simplified the FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application process, combined two application stages into a single form and held applicant training and public hearings to help nonprofit applicants. Diaz said the steering committee will finalize the proposed application at a subsequent public hearing and the council will receive a resolution accompanying the application.
Diaz explained that the committee’s recommendation includes reallocating prior‑year funds that became available when some projects were completed under…
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