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<br />Washington County
<br />St. Paul
<br />$800,00 in' federal City read
<br />housing cash divyie up
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<br />County board approves spending. plan 80% cut in res.identi
<br />By Frederick Vela
<br />By . Bob Shaw, Humanity project in Hugo, fmelo@pioneerpre-,m.com
<br />bshinv@pioneerpress.com $117,000 in HOME funds, 15
<br />percent of the project cost. St. Paul will _-tplore how to
<br />Federal funding of $800,000 k. The Park Place Improve- boost- participation in exist -
<br />for : several Washington meat Project in St. Paul Park, ing recycling programs,get I
<br />County housing projects $180,000 in block grant funds, residents to reuse or recycle
<br />advanced this week, with 22 percent of the project bulky items such W. Wn.
<br />county board approval of a cost antes, Increase recycling in
<br />draft spending plan. .. --s - - -The Hugo Good Neighbor parks, athletic center and
<br />The expenditures are for Food Shelf, $i0,000 in block construction sites and mm
<br />the fiscal year beginning in, grant funds, 22 percent of the toward municipal collection
<br />July. The itioney will come project cost , I of organics — food and paper
<br />from the Community Devel- *Washington County Pub- waste — by 2017.
<br />opment Block Grant program lic Services, $90,000 in block vCity officials have said
<br />and the HO.. Investment grant funds, 100 percent of they're under pressure from
<br />program, both of which are that program's cost, Farmer- the state to boost recycling,
<br />administered by the. federal Kubler said this would be which has effectlively peaked
<br />Department of Housing and "crisis funding" for people and even shov, signs of
<br />Urban Development living in poverty. decline in neighborhoods i
<br />The federal money usually In addition. $140.000 of the occupied by new residents, I
<br />pays for only part of a nous- funds — I7 percent of the such as renters and recant i
<br />ing project said Mary Fmm- total — would go to local inunigirants less familiar with J
<br />er-Kubler, economic support administration of the two recycling options_
<br />supervisorfor the county. federal programs . With an eye to the environ -
<br />Recommended for federal The release of the plan ment and greenhouse gas
<br />funding are: kicks off a 31 -day public com-
<br />,_, The 79 -unit Piccadilly ment period, which will end
<br />Square Senior Rental project April 25. Farmer-Kubler said
<br />in Malitomedi, being built by public comments will be
<br />Plymouth Housing Partners, added to the plan. which is Faith notes
<br />which would got $143.000 in fxpeded to be approved by
<br />block grant funds and $60,000 the board in May,
<br />in HOME funds, for a total of I :11 WARC!i �7
<br />roughly 1 percent of the proj- Bob Shaw can bermichedat 113111 Gaither & Gaither Vocal
<br />ect cost'. 0-228-54.33. Follow hhand! Grace United Church,im at 9301 Eden. Prairie Road, Eden
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