Governor Patrick Announces $26.8 million in Federal Block Grants for Community Improvements - June 12, 2012
46 communities receive funding for housing and infrastructure upgrades, child care and public service programs
DENNIS – Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today announced that 46 cities and towns across the Commonwealth will receive $26.8 million in federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation, public service projects and local infrastructure. Governor Patrick made the announcement at Dennis Town Hall. Dennis, jointly with Harwich, received $994,000 for housing improvements and childcare assistance.
See below for a break down of the funds awarded. Click here to read the entire press release.
Community Development Block Grant Awards:
|
COMMUNITY |
GRANT AMOUNT |
ACTIVITIES |
|
ABINGTON (jt), Whitman |
$800,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (20 units); social services (food pantry) |
|
AMHERST |
$900,000 |
Amherst Community Childcare Center roof and HVAC improvements; Main Street barrier removal project; First Time Homebuyers' Program to benefit 4 LMI; Affordable Housing and Rehabilitation planning study; social services (food pantry, Big Brother/Big Sister mentoring program, support for Center for New Americans, Emergency Shelter and assistance services) |
|
ATHOL |
$897,689 |
Housing rehabilitation (9 units); Tremont Street roadway, sidewalk, drainage, water and sewer improvements |
|
BELCHERTOWN (jt), Granby, Hadley |
$889,889 |
Housing rehabilitation (17 units); Belchertown Housing Authority sidewalk improvements; Granby Housing Authority roadway, drainage and parking improvements; Hadley Housing Authority sidewalk improvements |
|
CHELSEA |
$900,000 |
Distressed properties initiative - acquisition and renovation of 7 foreclosed units; Bellingham and Orange Streets sidewalk reconstruction; social services (Centro -Latino citizenship program, ESOL instruction, after-school/summer program) |
|
DENNIS (jt), Harwich |
$994,206 |
Housing rehabilitation (25 units); social services (childcare assistance) |
|
EDGARTOWN (jt), Aquinnah, Chilmark, West Tisbury |
$1,082,943 |
Housing rehabilitation (25 units); social services (childcare assistance) |
|
ERVING (jt), Colrain, Deerfield, Gill |
$1,100,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (17 units); social services (elder self-sufficiency) |
|
EVERETT |
$900,000 |
Cedar and Bennett Streets roadway and sidewalk reconstruction; social services (elder self-sufficiency services, legal services, youth homelessness prevention, food pantry) |
|
FAIRHAVEN |
$869,833 |
Housing rehabilitation (5 units); Park Avenue/Main Street roadway, sidewalk, drainage, water and sewer improvements; |
|
GARDNER |
$900,000 |
Connors and Knowlton Streets roadway and sidewalk reconstruction; Greenwood Playground improvements; relocation assistance in Urban Renewal area; Pleasant Street design; social services (homeownership counseling) |
|
GREENFIELD |
$900,000 |
Housing Rehabilitation (8 units); Hillside neighborhood sidewalk reconstruction; Sustainable Master plan; social services (adult literacy, food pantry, substance abuse counseling, ESOL, youth employment training) |
|
HARDWICK |
$774,370 |
High Street/Taylor Street sewer and water line replacement project; Prospect Street/Broad Street replacement sewer design; senior center planning |
|
MILFORD |
$500,000 |
Church Street neighborhood roadway, sidewalk, drainage improvements |
|
MONTAGUE |
$865,509 |
Housing rehabilitation (4 units); Unity Park improvements project Phase II |
|
NORTH ADAMS |
$900,000 |
Public facilities improvements to create youth center in former armory; Noel Field accessibility improvements; community comprehensive plan; strategic demolition; social services |
|
OAK BLUFFS (jt), Tisbury |
$991,009 |
Housing rehabilitation (25 units); social services (childcare assistance) |
|
ORANGE |
$700,000 |
Hayden Street roadway, sidewalk, drainage, sewer improvements |
|
PALMER |
$837,335 |
Housing rehabilitation (8 units); Griffen, Stewart, Crest, Hill Streets water main booster pump improvements; social services (domestic violence prevention) |
|
PHILLIPSTON (jt) Royalston |
$756,461 |
Housing rehabilitation (2 units); Brooks Village Road (Phillipston) roadway improvements; Blossom and Park Streets (Royalston) roadway improvements |
|
PROVINCETOWN |
$800,000 |
North Union Field water transmission main and electric service improvements; social services ("at risk" resident services) |
|
SALISBURY |
$850,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (4 units); Gardner Street roadway, sidewalk, drainage, water and sewer improvements; social services (Boys and Girls club, emergency assistance program) |
|
SHELBURNE (jt), Buckland |
$910,451 |
Highland Village public housing (Shelburne) driveway, sidewalk and parking improvements; Sears Street (Buckland) roadway, sidewalk, drainage, water and sewer improvements; social services (food pantry) |
|
SOUTHBRIDGE |
$900,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (7 units); infrastructure improvements to McCann Field for access and parking; engineering/design of Overland Street improvements; traffic and circulation planning; social services (youth tutoring services, adult literacy) |
|
SPENCER |
$449,400 |
Housing rehabilitation (9 units); engineering/design of Mechanic Street; Southside neighborhood infrastructure planning |
|
TEMPLETON (jt), Hubbardston |
$958,047 |
Housing rehabilitation (8 units); Fisher Street (Templeton) roadway, sidewalk, drainage and water improvements; Hubbardston community development needs assessment planning |
|
TRURO (jt), Provincetown, Wellfleet |
$994,592 |
Housing rehabilitation (25 units); social services (childcare assistance) |
|
WARE |
$792,385 |
School Street roadway, sidewalk, drainage, water and sewer improvements; engineering/design of High Street; distressed property assessment and re-use planning; social services (domestic violence prevention) |
|
WAREHAM |
$900,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (5 units); Wareham Village roadway, sidewalk, drainage and streetscape improvements; social services (food pantry, special needs youth scholarship program, transportation assistance program, comprehensive services for homeless) |
|
WEBSTER |
$900,000 |
Negus Street roadway, sidewalk and water improvements; comprehensive master plan update |
|
WEST SPRINGFIELD |
$900,000 |
Housing rehabilitation (13 units); code enforcement; Memorial neighborhood sidewalk improvements; social services (ESOL, camp scholarships, Head Start, family self-sufficiency counseling, homebuyer education) |