TELL US: Does Englishtown Need Crosswalks? Grant Appliation to be Filed
Englishtown will be applying for a Community Development Block Grant to create real crosswalks and upgrade sidewalk ramps.
Englishtown will be making an application for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for 2013 for the purpose of creating crosswalks and making sidewalk ramps handicap accessible. The CDBG program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the money is administered on a county level. HUD focuses on providing aid to low to moderate income citizens. Currently, the Borough of Englishtown does not qualify for Community Development funds because it does not meet the percentage requirement of low to moderate income residents required to qualify. Englishtown Borough Engineer Tom Harris said that Englishtown qualified 25 years ago, but the construction of new homes has brought a new demographic people to the …
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Claudine Scozzari
2:41 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
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