January 4, 2017 - Christie Administration Announces Award of $6.28 Million in Community Development Block Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 4, 2017
TRENTON – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Charles A. Richman today announced the award of $6,285,403 in Small Cities Block Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to 18 municipalities in 8 counties. The grants will benefit approximately 30,000 people, including senior citizens and people with disabilities. Funding is provided by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The DCA’s Division of Housing and Community Resources administers these grant funds for the State of New Jersey.
“Our primary objective is to provide assistance to communities that demonstrate a need for the funds in order to upgrade deteriorated housing stock, expand economic development opportunities, and generally raise the overall quality of life,” said Commissioner Richman. “The Small Cities grants also incentivize towns to revitalize public spaces and public facilities.”
Projects being funded in this year’s grant round range from digging new wells and water pipelines, assuring ADA-compliant access to sidewalks, streets, and Head Start facilities, to street reconstruction and rehabilitation of owner-occupied affordable housing.
The municipalities receiving Small Cities grants design their own projects and funding priorities. These locally developed projects are required to meet at least one of the following criteria: benefit low- and moderate-income persons, aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or meet an urgent need created by a condition that poses a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.
A description of the grant recipients and projects are listed below.
Small Cities FY 2017 CDBG Awards
|
Grantee |
Legislative District |
County |
Project Title |
Project Description |
Award Amount |
|
Burlington City |
7 |
Burlington |
Flood Control and Levee Improvements - Phase II |
Provide for flood control and flood improvements along the Assiscunk Creek that will protect two neighborhoods within the City. |
$400,000.00 |
|
Cape May City |
1 |
Cape May |
ADA Compliance Project Phase 8 |
Remove mobility barriers to the physically disabled on Decatur Street and by constructing ADA compliant pedestrian ramps and ADA Beach Access Extensions at Jackson Street, Congress Street and Windsor Avenue. |
$270,000.00 |
|
Dover Town |
25 |
Morris |
Dover Town infrastructure Project |
Reconstruct First Street, Second Street and Third Street including drainage and associated infrastructure improvements. |
$290,000.00 |
|
Gloucester City |
5 |
Camden |
Burlington Street Water & Combined Sewer Replacement Project |
Replace the water and combined sewer mains on Burlington Street, between Hudson Street and Mercer Street. |
$400,000.00
|
|
Hopewell Township
|
1 |
Cumberland |
Hopewell Senior Center Parking Lot Expansion |
Expand the parking lot and walkway at the West Cumberland Senior Center to accommodate the increased membership and programs operating at this much utilized facility. |
$172,965.00 |
|
North Wildwood City |
1 |
Cape May |
ADA Compliant Improvements at 16th Avenue & Boardwalk |
Make ADA-compliant infrastructure improvements at the 16th and 15th Avenues accessibility ramps linking to the boardwalk. |
$400,000.00 |
|
Pemberton Township |
8 |
Burlington |
Township of Pemberton Public Facilities Program |
Install ADA curb ramps in the Lake Valley West and Rottau Village sections of the Township. |
$400,000.00
|
|
Phillipsburg Town |
23 |
Warren |
Phillipsburg ADA improvement Project |
Address the issue of non-ADA-compliant pedestrian crosswalks and intersections. |
$290,000.00 |
|
Pittsgrove Township |
3 |
Salem |
Pittsgrove Public Facilities Project- Demo Phase II |
Demolish blighted structures at the site of the former grain mill located on Landis Avenue. |
$400,000.00
|
|
Salem City |
3 |
Salem |
Construction of Emergency Potable Water Well |
Construct a new water well to supply clean drinking water to the City of Salem. |
$380,950.00 |
|
Sussex Borough |
24 |
Sussex |
Lake Rutherford Water Line Installation |
Install a water line from Lake Rutherford to the Sussex Borough Water Treatment facility to provide clean drinking water to the Borough. |
$400,000.00 |
|
Upper Deerfield Township |
3 |
Cumberland |
Water Tower Replacement Seabrook Water System |
Replace the sub-standard 80-year-old water tower that serves the Seabrook Neighborhood. |
$400,000.00 |
|
Wildwood Crest Borough |
1 |
Cape May |
ADA-Compliant Beach Access Improvements |
Remove mobility barriers to the physically disabled at Jefferson Avenue, Pittsburgh Avenue and Toledo Avenue by constructing ADA-complaint pedestrian ramps to allow beach access. |
$270,000.00 |
|
Woodbine Borough |
1 |
Cape May |
Head Start Building Reconditioning to ADA and Code Standards |
Make interior improvements to the Woodbine Head Start Building to remove noncompliant ADA barriers and other exterior improvements to make the facility more useable. |
$386,488.00 |
|
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|
14 Public Facility Projects |
$4,860,403.00 |
|
Beverly City |
7 |
Burlington |
Beverly City Housing Rehabilitation Project |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Beverly City. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Burlington City |
7 |
Burlington |
Burlington City Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Burlington City. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Cape May City |
1 |
Cape May |
Cape May City Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Cape May City. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Downe Township |
1 |
Cumberland |
Downe Township Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Downe Township. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Middle Township |
1 |
Cape May |
Middle Township Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low- income housing units within Middle Township. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Pemberton Township |
8 |
Burlington |
Pemberton Township Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Pemberton Township. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Upper Deerfield Township |
3 |
Cumberland |
Upper Deerfield Township Housing Rehabilitation Program |
Rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within Upper Deerfield Township. |
$175,000.00 |
|
Woodstown Borough |
3 |
Salem |
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Joint Housing Rehabilitation |
Rehabilitate approximately 12 low-income housing units within Woodstown Borough and Pilesgrove Township. |
$200,000.00 |
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8 Housing Rehabilitation Projects |
$1,425,000.00 |
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22 Small Cities SFY17 Applications Awarded: |
$6,285,403.00 |
For more information on Small Cities Community Development Block Grants, log on to http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/cdbg.html.
The DCA’s Division of Housing and Community Resources strengthens and revitalizes communities through the delivery of affordable housing, supportive services and the provision of financial and technical assistance to communities, local government and community based organizations.
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or Emike Omogbai
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