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$51,000
Community Development Block Grant received by Making a Difference, a youth support organization in Enid, Oklahoma, to move into a city-owned property. But after a year and half, Making a Difference hasn’t spent the grant because it’s still waiting for the city to finish renovating so the move can take place.
Visit https://www.enidnews.com/news/waiting-in-the-wingsyouth-program-at-standstill-as-city-continues-building-repairs/ article_8b297b70-95d1-11ec-ae0a-df5a4d3fb820.html
$2,500 to $3,000
By September 2015, the city of Portland, Ore., developed a grant program giving $2,500 to $3,000 in grant money to deconstruction projects that anyone involved could apply for.
Read more about deconstruction in Portland on page 18.
$2 billion
Approximate cost of the Empire State Plaza, which began construction in 1962 in Albany, N.Y. Ninety-eight commercial and residential properties were seized via eminent domain for the landmark project.
Source: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/ nys/capital-region/community/2022/03/26/ albany-residents-reflect-on-neighborhood-60-years-after-eminent-domain
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25%
Rise in asphalt costs in the area surrounding Canal Winchester, Ohio, which recently awarded a nearly million-dollar contract for its street program for 2022.
Source: https://www.columbusmessenger.com/deputies-to-relocate-to-existing-municipalbuilding-plus-cw-pool-news-and-more.html
95 and 105 years old
Naperville, Ill., will be updating its downtown water mains, which are between 95 and 105 years old. This includes upsizing from 6-inch and 8-inch water mains to 12 inches.
Read more about Naperville’s downtown project on page 24.
1,200 square feet
College Station, Texas’s, new city hall features the 1,200-square-foot Bush 4141 Community Room, which can be reserved for a variety of functions.
For more about the new College Station City Hall, go to page 36.
$85 million
The cost of Snellville, Ga.’s, The Grove at Towne Center project. Once complete, this project will give Snellville an official downtown area.
