$600,000 grant awarded to South Whitley, funds will aid sewer project
(Talk of the Town photo provided) South Whitley received a $600,000 Community Focus Fund Award last week. Below, at center, Lt. Governor Becky Skillman ceremoniously presents the award to town council member Joan Eberhard. At left is Angela Hoffman of South Whitley.
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
with reports
South Whitley was one of 22 communities welcomed to the state house last week and presented with a Community Focus Fund Award. In all, grants totaling $9.4 million were awarded to enhance partnerships between state and local government and public and private organizations.
"I presented representatives from South Whitley a $600,000 CFF grant to help fund a project that will eliminate three active combined sewer overflows, enlarge the main interceptor, and disconnect inflow connections and make upgrades to the community’s existing wastewater treatment plant," stated Lt. Governor Becky Skillman in a new release this morning.
"This project will bring the town into compliance with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental Protection Agency," Skillman added. "CFF grants are federally funded through the Community Development Block Grant program, and are awarded twice a year through a competitive application process."
"With almost half of the state’s population calling rural Indiana home, it has always been our first priority to create conditions that will foster economic growth in every community, no matter its size," concluded Skillman.