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Hartsville staff to seek CDBG funds for Washington Street multimodal path
Summary
City staff said they will apply for a Community Development Block Grant to build a multimodal path on Washington Street, a roughly $3–4 million project that would require a local match (staff said about 20%). Council will be asked to approve submitting the application and any local match next week.
City staff told the Hartsville City Council at a Sept. 3 work session that they will submit an application for Community Development Block Grant funding to build a multimodal path along Washington Street, connecting South Hartsville through the 4th‑ to 14th‑Street corridor.
The city manager said the project would provide pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, safer crosswalks and lighting for residents and students and estimated the grant target at roughly $3–4 million. Staff said the CDBG program requires a local match and that the city is preparing to cover about 20 percent of the total if awarded; the application package is due imminently and the council will be asked next week to authorize submitting the application and to reaffirm any required local match or unbudgeted spending.
The manager said the project grew out of repeated master‑plan feedback that connectivity is lacking across the city, and staff performed targeted community engagement for the CDBG application, including door‑to‑door surveys with local partners and follow‑up outreach to groups that had not been captured in earlier master‑plan work. He thanked staff members Teresa and Kenzie and community partner Butler Heritage for assisting with distribution of physical surveys.
Councilmembers discussed whether to use a shorter, targeted needs‑assessment form for the CDBG application rather than the broader master‑plan survey; staff said the regional council of governments is helping with required assessment forms and that a targeted form may better meet state and federal grant requirements.
If the council approves next week, staff said it will submit the application and report back to the council on the match amount and project map. No formal vote occurred during the work session.
