Montana Department of Commerce Allocates Public and Community Facilities Grants to Five Montana Communities
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HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that five Montana communities will share more than $3.4 million of grant funding to help fund the construction or rehabilitation of vital infrastructure and community facility projects. The funding is through Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant Public and Community Facilities Program.
“Commerce’s CDBG programs help create and retain good-paying jobs for Montana counties, cities and towns by building the capacity, resiliency and resource base necessary to develop strong communities,” said Commerce Director Marta Bertoglio.
The CDBG PF/CF Program is designed to help local governments fund construction or rehabilitation of infrastructure and community facilities that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income Montanans or individuals earning less than 80 percent of the area median income.
The following communities will receive CDBG PF funding:
Custer County Commission Chair Jason Strouf said, “The CDBG Program has been an exceptional program for Custer County over the years. From planning to community building projects, this funding source has allowed local tax dollars to be leveraged for large-scale improvements. The CDBG grant allowed us to commit to renovating an existing building that the county owned into a county-operated senior center. Our seniors now have a facility open to the entire senior community that is prioritized for scheduling of senior activities. Without a valuable program such as the CDBG Program, local governments would be limited with regards to taking on and completing projects such as this.”
Eligible projects for the CDBG PF/CF Program include new construction, rehabilitation or improvements to a community’s water and/or wastewater system and non-rental shelters like domestic violence shelters or youth homes and new construction or rehabilitation of public facilities such as food banks, Head Start centers, nursing homes, mental health centers and senior centers.
Eligible applicants include counties, incorporated cities and towns and consolidated city-county governments except Billings, Great Falls, Bozeman and Missoula. A local government may apply for a CDBG grant on behalf of an organization that is ineligible to apply, such as a water or sewer district or nonprofit organizations.
For more information, visit commerce.mt.gov.
“Commerce’s CDBG programs help create and retain good-paying jobs for Montana counties, cities and towns by building the capacity, resiliency and resource base necessary to develop strong communities,” said Commerce Director Marta Bertoglio.
The CDBG PF/CF Program is designed to help local governments fund construction or rehabilitation of infrastructure and community facilities that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income Montanans or individuals earning less than 80 percent of the area median income.
The following communities will receive CDBG PF funding:
- The Town of Darby will receive $734,612 for wastewater system improvements.
- The Town of Ennis will receive $750,000 for water system improvements.
- The Town of Philipsburg will receive $750,000 for public water supply improvements.
- The Town of Richey will receive $500,000 for water system improvements.
- The City of Roundup will receive $750,000 for wastewater system improvements.
Custer County Commission Chair Jason Strouf said, “The CDBG Program has been an exceptional program for Custer County over the years. From planning to community building projects, this funding source has allowed local tax dollars to be leveraged for large-scale improvements. The CDBG grant allowed us to commit to renovating an existing building that the county owned into a county-operated senior center. Our seniors now have a facility open to the entire senior community that is prioritized for scheduling of senior activities. Without a valuable program such as the CDBG Program, local governments would be limited with regards to taking on and completing projects such as this.”
Eligible projects for the CDBG PF/CF Program include new construction, rehabilitation or improvements to a community’s water and/or wastewater system and non-rental shelters like domestic violence shelters or youth homes and new construction or rehabilitation of public facilities such as food banks, Head Start centers, nursing homes, mental health centers and senior centers.
Eligible applicants include counties, incorporated cities and towns and consolidated city-county governments except Billings, Great Falls, Bozeman and Missoula. A local government may apply for a CDBG grant on behalf of an organization that is ineligible to apply, such as a water or sewer district or nonprofit organizations.
For more information, visit commerce.mt.gov.
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