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GrantWorks outlines $500,000 downtown CDBG, explains Section 3 hiring rules
Summary
GrantWorks staff presented details of a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for downtown revitalization and outlined Section 3 rules intended to steer hiring and subcontracting opportunities to low- and very-low-income workers and businesses.
Sam Lilly of GrantWorks told the Greenville City Council that the downtown revitalization award totaled $500,000 and described the Section 3 requirements attached to the grant. "The total award amount was 500,000," Lilly said, and he explained that Section 3 is intended to give economic opportunities generated by the grant to low- and very-low-income persons and businesses.
Lilly walked council through Section 3 definitions for qualifying businesses and workers, citing a threshold shown on his slides that addresses labor-hour contribution by Section 3 workers: "...75% of the labor hours, within that 3 month period be performed by Section Section 3 workers," he said. He said GrantWorks will handle monthly tracking and reporting of Section 3 hours and that the Department of Agriculture will receive the closeout documentation. Lilly noted some guidance documents are dated and that links have changed since 2021.
The presentation was framed as informational; council members asked clarifying questions about whether private owners could use the Section 3 certification criteria, and Lilly confirmed that businesses seeking Section 3 status must meet the stated criteria and can register workers through the Texas Workforce Commission and related pages that GrantWorks provided.
