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Richland County staff propose reallocating $250,000 in HUD CDBG funds for community center and blight removal
Summary
Richland County staff proposed a substantial amendment to reallocate $250,000 in CDBG funds from prior economic-development projects to support the Jim Christopher Community Center at the Grand Village and demolition of five fire‑damaged townhomes in Saint Andrews Woods to meet HUD timeliness requirements.
Callison Richardson, the county’s community development manager, told a noon public hearing that Richland County is proposing a substantial amendment to its 2021–23 HUD action plans to shift $250,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) economic‑development funds into shovel‑ready projects.
Richardson said the county would move $50,000 to help finish the Jim Christopher Community Center at the Grand Village affordable‑housing development on Two Notch Road and reallocate $200,000 toward…
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