Riley County examines expanding "Home in the Heartland" relocation program as state window reopens
Planning Director Amanda Webb told commissioners the county’s Home in the Heartland program has about 17 approved movers and a 500-person applicant pipeline; she outlined cost scenarios and said the state application window is open through Aug. 12.
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Amanda Webb, Riley County planning director, briefed the Board of Raleigh County Commissioners on the county’s Home in the Heartland relocation-incentive program and the state’s newly opened application round. Webb said the county currently has 17 movers in the program (15 in offered-and-accepted phases) and “about 500 in the initial pipeline,” and that the program’s current total cost was roughly $230,000 with a $187,000 state grant and a county portion of about $41,000, including $15,000 in-kind.
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