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Seymour council approves application for downtown revitalization CDBG grant
Summary
The Seymour City Council voted to authorize submission of a 2026 Texas Department of Agriculture Community Development Block Grant application to fund downtown revitalization and to designate the grant boundaries that will guide where funds may be spent.
The Seymour City Council on Feb. 19 approved Resolution 16001 authorizing the city to apply to the Texas Department of Agriculture for a 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) downtown revitalization award and to designate the downtown district boundaries for the application.
At the action-item discussion staff member Miss Bush told the council the program requires a map showing the eligible area. She said the resolution authorizes both submission of the application and the map that will accompany it, and that staff and a grant consultant would draw the boundaries "to see what would be the most beneficial to the community for those funds." The council asked staff to maximize eligible areas where appropriate.
Why it matters: a successful CDBG downtown revitalization grant would provide state-administered federal funds that can be spent only inside the designated district. Council members said the proposal is intended to help rehabilitate downtown infrastructure and properties and to position Seymour for future economic activity.
What comes next: staff will collaborate with the grant consultant and prepare the application package and map for submission under the program rules. The motion to approve the resolution carried on a voice vote; staff did not record individual roll-call tallies in the public record.
The resolution authorizes staff to finalize the map and submit the application to the Texas Department of Agriculture under the 2026 CDBG downtown revitalization program.
