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Polk County prioritizes Indian Springs and Holiday Lakes for state flood‑recovery grant
Summary
Polk County Commissioners voted to submit Indian Springs as the county’s top priority and Holiday Lakes as second for the Texas General Land Office Local Communities disaster‑recovery program, citing emergency access, FEMA damage reporting and low‑to‑moderate‑income requirements. County staff must submit two projects by the GLO deadline.
Polk County Commissioners on Tuesday chose Indian Springs as the county’s top project and Holiday Lakes as the second project to submit to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) Local Communities Program for 2024 flood recovery.
The court’s action followed staff briefings that projects must demonstrate a direct connection to damage from the 2024 flooding, serve primarily low‑to‑moderate‑income (LMI) beneficiaries, cost between $500,000 and $5 million and include a 5% county match. County staff said two prioritized projects must be submitted to the GLO by March 23; if the GLO issues only one invitation to apply, the county will later select which of its two submitted projects to pursue.
The decision centered on emergency access and the number of residents…
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