State awards $300K in grants to five Indiana communities – Inside INdiana Business

The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) announced Thursday that over $300,000 dollars in planning grants will be distributed across five Indiana communities.

The funds, which come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Program, will go toward long-term community development planning and utility improvements.

OCRA said $87,280 in water infrastructure planning grants will go to the city of Rushville, $60,000 to the town of Sweetser in Grant County, and $90,000 to the town of West Terre Haute. The money will be used to study potential issues in drinking, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure.

The town of Eaton in Delaware County and the town of Moores Hill in Dearborn County are each
being awarded $50,000 in Community Planning Grants, which are intended to evaluate and address needs regarding land use, public services, placemaking, economic development, housing, transportation, agriculture, natural resources, broadband access, and historic resources.

“Congratulations to these five communities on their hard work to earn Planning Grant funding,” OCRA Executive Director Duke Bennett said in a news release. “I encourage more communities to look into the many benefits of utilizing Planning Grant funding to best prepare for community development projects.”

OCRA planning grants are issued quarterly, and rural Indiana communities may apply for funds to support infrastructure improvement and planning projects.

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