CDBG Awarded to Hart County

We have an update to a story we reported earlier this week. We told you on Monday that
Hart County is the recipient of a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant. The funding comes as a part of the Community Development Block Grant Awards Program from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Awards range from $282,435 up $800,000 for specific projects such as constructing health facilities, revitalizing senior citizen and youth centers, and fixing water, sewer and drainage issues within communities. The half a million dollars Hart County is getting will be used to install additional waterlines throughout the county.
In addition to that grant, Hart County received another CDBG award. County Administrator John Camie explains, ” The other is an economic development CBDG for Lake Foods, which is now relocated their facility here to Hartwell, and they’ve brought 120 jobs initially, and hopefully they will be doing some expansion in the future.”