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Lenoir council unanimously authorizes $4.62 million CDBG application for downtown pavilion
Summary
The City of Lenoir authorized submission of a $4,620,000 Community Development Block Grant disaster-recovery application to build the Overmountain Victory Pavilion, rehabilitate a downtown support building and demolish an existing structure; the council also approved required HUD plans.
The City of Lenoir voted to authorize a $4,620,000 Community Development Block Grant (disaster recovery) application to the North Carolina Department of Commerce to fund downtown revitalization work including the Overmountain Victory Pavilion.
Kyle Kaye, community and economic development manager for the Western Piedmont Council of Governments, told the council the funds are intended “to support projects that have not been funded by other sources after the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene.” He described the proposal as a commercial-district revitalization project that would construct the pavilion, rehabilitate a building at 1129 West Avenue NW into visitor center and auxiliary support space, and demolish the building at 1136 Harper Avenue.
Kaye said the total project budget is $4,620,000, divided into $4,200,000 for construction costs and $420,000 for project development and grant administration. He noted that HUD-required documents — a citizen participation plan and an anti-displacement plan — were included in the packet and must be adopted to proceed.
Council Member Presswood moved to approve the authorizing resolution to submit the grant application and to adopt the citizen participation and anti-displacement resolutions together. The mayor called for the vote and announced the motions carried unanimously; the transcript does not record specific vote counts.
The council’s action authorizes staff to complete and submit the CDBG disaster-recovery application and to use city and COG staff resources, funded in part through the project development allocation, to meet federal reporting and inspection requirements. If awarded, the grant would support preconstruction and construction activities tied to the city’s downtown master plan.
Next steps: staff will finalize the application documents and submit them to the Department of Commerce. The council’s resolution and adopted HUD plans remain on the record as the city’s formal support for the application.
