LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation on Tuesday to announce that nine communities around Michigan including two in Hillsdale County have been awarded nearly $15 million in Community Development Block Grant Water-Related Infrastructure grant funds to make necessary water-related infrastructure improvements.
The City of Hillsdale will receive $2 million with a local match of $680,000. Hillsdale Economic Development Coordinator Kelly LoPresto says “The WRI grant comes at a critical time when the city of Hillsdale has been diligently working on ways to fund street reconstruction and infrastructure improvements. The WRI grant will help move forward with projects that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.”
Meanwhile, the City of Reading will get a $1.75 million grant with a local match of over $1.1 million. City Manager, Clerk and Treasurer Kimberly Blythe says, “We believe that this partnership between the city, MEDC and the MSF board will enhance the quality of life in our community, while continuing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of our residents and visitors by continuing to provide a water supply that does not fail, and streets and sidewalks that are safe to travel on.”
The CDBG Water-Related Infrastructure program assists low- and moderate-income communities in making improvements or upgrades to their existing water, sewer, and wastewater public infrastructure systems.
Grants are awarded to eligible communities on a competitive basis and can be used to improve or replace water lines, water mains and related facilities, and sanitary and storm sewer lines and related facilities.
The Michigan Strategic Fund also approved up to $450,000 in CDBG funds to provide administrative services to assist the communities with the compliance and administrative requirements of the awards.
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