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Aurora finance committee approves $2 million state grant for Mutual Ground shelter renovations
Summary
The Aurora Finance Committee unanimously approved a resolution allowing the city to accept a $2 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and enter a participation agreement with Mutual Ground to renovate its family shelter, shifting the project from planned new construction to substantial rehabilitation.
The Aurora Finance Committee voted 5-0 on March 26 to authorize the city to accept a $2 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and to enter a participation agreement with Mutual Ground to renovate the nonprofit's family shelter.
Chris Regona, the city's director of community services, told the committee the project's scope was revised after earlier state earmarks for new construction were removed. "The original scope of work was to expand their family shelter with new construction," Regona said, adding that the city and Mutual Ground worked with DCEO to refocus the…
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