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Richland County proposes $250,000 CDBG reallocation for community center and townhome demolition
Summary
Richland County staff proposed reallocating $250,000 in CDBG funds—$50,000 for predevelopment at the Jim Christopher Community Center at the Grand Village and $200,000 to demolish five fire-damaged townhomes in St. Andrews Wood—to meet HUD timeliness requirements and reorient previous economic development goals.
Callison Richardson, community development division manager for Richland County, said the county is proposing a substantial amendment to prior HUD action plans to reallocate $250,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from canceled economic development projects to slum-and-blight removal and public facility improvements.
Richardson said the change is driven in part by staff turnover and limited capacity on earlier projects and by an annual HUD timeliness test that runs Aug. 2. "If we fail to meet this annual test, it re creates a 30% reduction in our next award," she said, adding the county aims…
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