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Lowcountry COG outlines 2026 CDBG priorities; Beaufort County eligible for community infrastructure and enrichment rounds
Summary
Michelle Knight of the Lowcountry Council of Governments summarized South Carolina's 2026 CDBG program, deadlines and funding priorities (infrastructure, enrichment, business development), and explained eligibility rules, performance thresholds and local low-to-moderate-income cutoffs for Beaufort County.
At a public hearing Tuesday, Michelle Knight of the Lowcountry Council of Governments gave Beaufort County Council an overview of the South Carolina Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for the 2026 funding round and reviewed program categories, deadlines and eligibility.
Knight said the state's CDBG allocation for 2026 is expected to be about $20.1 million for nonentitlement areas and summarized three program categories: community infrastructure (spring round; focus on water, sewer, drainage and roads; spring application-request deadline March 20), community enrichment/local priorities (fall round;…
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