East Syracuse, LaFayette, Tully projects part of Community Development Grant requests
Posted by John Mariani/The Post-Standard June 08, 2009 5:21PM
Onondaga County’s annual request for federal Community Development funding started moving through the legislative pipeline today as the County Legislature Planning and Economic Development Committee approved a bill aimed at securing more than $4.6 million in grants.
The request includes $3.6 million for Community Development Block Grant activities, including more than $1.1 million for 15 construction projects around the county and a Cooperative Extension forestry program.
Three of the projects are from the eastern suburbs. They are:
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Milton Avenue Streetscaping (south side), from Caroline Avenue east to the village line, Solvay, $100,000. The village will install 1,200 square feet of brick paver walkway, plus additional conventional and reinforced sidewalk, granite curbing and a village entrance sign. The project is part of a long-term makeover.
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The county also will seek $900,299 in HOME Grant funds for housing rehabilitation, lead abatement and similar activities, and $96,210 in emergency shelter aid.
If passed by the entire Legislature in July, the bill would go to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Renewal for approval. The grants, if extended, would become available Sept. 1, said Linda DeFichy, the county’s Community Development administrator.
