$500,000 Award Assists Public Infrastructure Project in Gloucester City
Thursday, March 24, 2011
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES AWARD OF FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO CAMDEN COUNTY MUNICIPALITY
TRENTON – The Christie Administration today announced the award of a $500,000 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program grant to Gloucester City in Camden County. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) receives, distributes and administers the grant funds for the State of New Jersey.
“It is essential that we take action to address local community development needs, which is why these Small Cities Community Development Block Grants are so important,” said DCA Commissioner Lori Grifa. “This funding will lead to lasting improvements for the residents and businesses of Gloucester City.”
The Small Cities CDBG grants are used for housing rehabilitation, development of public facilities, and improvements to public infrastructure. They are designated to benefit people of low and moderate-income or to address recent local needs for which no other source of funding is available. Federal funding for the program is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Statewide, the DCA awarded 20 grants that will 17 municipalities and 9 counties. The more than $7 million in grant funding will provide assistance to approximately 30,000 people, most of whom are of low and moderate income, through various projects, including construction and renovations to community facilities, housing rehabilitation, and installation of sewer lines, sidewalks, and ramps for the disabled.
Gloucester City will use the grant to reconstruct water and sewer lines on Monmouth Street between Broadway and East Railroad, and under the railroad.
For more information on Small Cities Community Development Block Grants, log on to http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/cdbg.html.