Tuesday, May 8, 2009
Creston receives $540,000 grant.
Funds will be used to renovate the wastewater collection System
The Iowa Department of Economic Development has awarded Creston federal funds for sewer upgrades.
Creston, with the assistance from the Southern Iowa Council of Governments, requested funds in November 2008 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The announcement made on behalf of HUD by the Iowa Department of Economic Development means that $540,000 in CDBG funding will be available to Creston to begin improvements as early as Fall 2009.
“The federal funding will allow Creston to update the wasewater collection system to meet increase flows and provent future sewer backups into basements,” explains Timothy Ostroski, executive director of the Southern Iowa Council of Governments which prepared the grant application. “Due to the location, recent flooding and age the city will upgrade the wastewater collection to resolve these problems.”
Ostroski further explained that the CDBG funding program assigns priority to communities like Cresotn that have prioritized infrastructure improvements and worked over a period of years to systematically make upgrades.
Persons interested in more information about CDBG funding opportunities or the Creston project may contact Timothy Ostroski at Southern Iowa Council of Governments at 641.782.8491
