![]() ![]() Landscape architect Daniel Krall has filed a request for $22,500 to pay for the construction of a new 24′ x 30′ pavilion in Conley Park. The Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center (DICC) is requesting $64,800 from the IURA to pay for heating and roofing repairs to its facility at 506 First Street in the Northside neighborhood.ġ5. TCAT is asking for $112,772 in grant monies to pay for about half the costs of installing 121 new bus stop signs, 8 new shelters and 4 arrival predictor displays, which would be posted in lower-income neighborhoods.ġ4. Examples include home-kitchen operations, market stalls, carts and food trucks. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County would like $37,037 to develop eight new “ micro-enterprise” food businesses led by low-income individuals. Historic Ithaca is seeking $67,500 to help cover the expense of job training for 6 low-income individuals.ġ2. Below is a summary of the applicants, with links to each application at the start of the entry.ġ1. ![]() The 25 applicants (same number as last year) range from jobs training to community services to the development of affordable housing. Applicants present their project, answer questions from IURA staff and appointed public committee members, and the proposals are weighed on factors such as the applicant’s track record, likelihood of success, and if the project delivers the most “bang for the buck” to the Ithaca community. As a result, the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA) will be holding public hearings on March 16th and 23rd as part of the process to determine who will receive money from its Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants.Īll summed up, there’s $1,981,638 requested, and $1,149,421 available, so this is something of a competition. As March rolls in every year, it comes time for the city to take the state and federal grants it has been awarded, and figure out a way to disburse them in a way that does the most community benefit. ![]()
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