Monroe County hoping to secure state grant for road and bridge projects | Local news | heraldtimesonline.com

Residents could see additional road and bridge projects in the future if the county is successful in its application for state funding earmarked to help with improving local infrastructure.

Gov. On Friday, one of the provisions of that road funding package went into effect: The establishment of a local matching grant fund, called the Community Crossings Matching Grant, to help local governments carry out road and bridge projects.

aThe Community Crossings grant is a huge opportunity for local governments to improve their infrastructure,a said Lisa Ridge, the countyas public works director.

aWe are thrilled to have this opportunity to apply for the funds.a

According to a release from the governoras office, the matching grant fund will receive $186 million over the next two years and local governments will be able to apply for the grants, with local entities providing half of the funds for their projects and the grant program contributing the other half.

Among the projects the county hopes to use the grant funding toward are improvements to Old Ind. All the projects combined will cost an estimated $1.9 million and will improve roughly 8.27 miles of roadway in the county.

aThese roads are not particularly in bad shape, but if the highway department was to overlay these roads in one year, they would not be able to do anything to any other roads,a Ridge said.

Ridge said the state will provide up to $1 million in funding through the grant, and the county will match the amount if the application is successful. County council member Geoff McKim said there is no guarantee that all the projects will be funded, but he still thinks it is wise to apply.

aWe have the matching funds; we have the projects that we need,a McKim said. aI think it is a good idea to apply for the maximum.a

Ridge said the county plans to transfer $300,000 out of the Cumulative Bridge Fund into an established line in the countyas rainy day fund specifically for the Community Crossings grant. McKim said at a county council work session this past week that the State Board of Accounts issued a memo outlining procedures to transfer funds from other county lines to the line in the rainy day fund for the grant. Ridge said the total amount the county wants to match with grant funding has to be appropriated before submitting the application.

Council member Cheryl Munson asked at the work session whether funding could be transferred back if a project comes in under budget. Ridge said she was not sure but will inquire about it.

McKim said ordinances establishing the lines for the Community Crossings grant will be drafted for the councilas next meeting.

Counties applying for funding from this grant have to take their matching dollars from the motor vehicle wheel tax and excise surtax collected, the countyas rainy day fund or revenue from special distribution of local income taxes.

Under a new law, the county already received one special distribution of local income taxes in the amount of $7.8 million. Projections for Monroe County suggest the next time the county may get such a distribution is in 2018.

In addition, with one of the possible funding sources for the match being wheel tax and excise surtax, the new law also allows a county to increase those taxes to help with their match.

Huntington Bank to help 250 buy homes in Stark

Huntington Bank recently announced it has committed another $25 million in loans to help people buy or rehab their homes through a program with Community Building Partnership of Stark County.

Hundreds more people will be able to get financial assistance when purchasing a home in Stark County. Huntington Bank recently announced it has set aside another $25 million in loans to help people buy or rehab their homes through a program with Community Building Partnership of Stark County, which also offers down-payment assistance grants. “We’re pretty proud of that,” said William Shivers, president for Huntington Bank in the Akron/Canton and Mahoning Valley regions.Living in CantonWhile the loan program is available to people purchasing homes anywhere in Stark County, Brenda Turner, home counseling and lending manager with the neighborhood-focused nonprofit Community Building Partnership, said many have chosen to come to Canton. Reach Alison at 330-580-8312 or alison.matas@cantonrep.com.On Twitter: @amatasREP

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July 4, 2016 7:41 PM

Finley secures matching dollars for $2.8 million school grant

State awarded money to school district in spring

Required to raise $100,000 in matching dollars

The Finley School District has surpassed its fundraising goal for a $2.8 million state grant aimed at improving facilities for science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education at River View High School.

The district announced Friday that it reached the $100,000 threshold needed for the grant.

UDMO has been providing services for over 50 years as one of Iowa’s 17 Community Action Agencies and serves the citizens and communities of 12 northwest and north Central Iowa counties including: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hamilton, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, O’Brien, Osceola, Webster and Wright.

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Dale Galvin, Managing Director, of Rare, co-hosts this webinar with Wolfgang Hafenmayer to discuss the gap in impact investing on environmental issues and how Rare is working to de-risk grassroots conservation and community/human development initiatives to unleash much larger flows of private capital into these sectors.

Topics for discussion:

Private sector: Private-sector businesses whose long-term viability depends on a steady supply struggle to take the “long view” in pricing public goods while satisfying shareholder interest. But the environmental risks particularly related to water and fish are profound if we continue with overfishing and non-sustainable farming.

Impact investing: What role can investors play in de-risking conservation and human development solutions? What role do in-country governments have in scaling solutions for their own population, when NGOs and impact investors provide proven, piloted solutions?

Dale Galvin: “We are co-hosting the seminar because we believe that there is great opportunity for impact investors to galvanize environmental solutions.

The Moore County Literacy Council has received an $8,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support its advocacy for adult literacy for the third consecutive year.

aIt is unusual for Dollar General to support a single program for more than two years in a row,a said Sandy Waterkotte, chairman of MCLC.

aIf one of our students is a single parent with five kids and works a 9-to-5 job, then itas going to be hard for them to make an improvement,a she said.

MCLC received a $7,000 grant from Dollar General Literacy Foundation in 2014 to strengthen program support for the 25 lowest performing students. It received an $8,000 grant in 2015 to support the 30 lowest performing students.

This yearas grant will support the 35 lowest performing students.

Waterkotte said in order to secure the grant, MCLC kept records of studentsa progress to demonstrate the positive effect and growth of the program.

aWhen they first get here, we test our students to see where to start and we continue to test them every year to evaluate their improvement,a she said. aIn a way, itas not the salary the grant is going to but itas going towards paying for someone to administer the program.a

Dollar Generalas commitment to literacy and education is rooted through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the companyas co-founder, J.L.

Turneras grandson and former CEO of Dollar General, Cal Turner Jr., founded the Dollar General Literacy Foundation in 1993.

Since then, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $120 million in grants to nonprofit organizations.