COLDWATER, MI – (WTVB) – Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker reported to the City Council on Monday night that the City was recently awarded a pair of grants.
Coldwater was selected to participate in a project which is designed to improve water quality in the St. Joseph River Watershed in Michigan and Indiana .
According to Baker, the City will receive technical assistance, GIS analysis and data on its urban forest and 50 trees to plant as part of community volunteer “planting blitz” in the fall of 2020.
Coldwater is one of six communities along the Saint Joseph River watershed to be selected for grant funding. Baker says the intent of the grant is to collaborate with communities to implement green infrastructure practices designed to impact water quality in the watershed.
This grant is funded through the United States Forest Service through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Meanwhile, the City has been awarded $40,000 from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority for single family residential repairs and pedestrian upgrades in the neighborhood immediately surrounding the MSHDA Modular Home project at 74 Thompson Blvd.
The maximum amount available is $7,500 and participants have to meet income requirements.
Baker says promotion of the program and household eligibility will begin later this spring
