Business Oregon informed the City of Elgin on March 19 that they received a Community Development Block Grant for water system improvements.
Dear Mayor Johnson,
Congratulations on your successful application for the above-referenced project! You will be receiving a grant for $2,212,491 from the Oregon Community Development Block Grant program. This program, administered by Business Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority, provides grant funds to cities and counties to upgrade public infrastructure, develop community facilities, and provide essential services to the workforce and your citizens.
Please note that the legal obligations for funding and for reimbursement of project expenses are subject to execution of a contract between your jurisdiction and the state acting by and through Oregon Business Development Department.
Contract documents will be sent separately for your review and signature.
Funds cannot be obligated or spent for any activity until the environmental review process described in Chapter 3 of the Grant Management Handbook has been completed for each activity. Grant administration and engineering are exempt from environmental review and can be started as soon as your Certifying Officer completes a Finding of Exemption for those two activities.
We encourage you to expand public awareness of your project’s purposes and benefits through events and the media. Please notify us of any event celebrating your project.
We look forward to working as a partner with you to complete this important project.
Elgin City Administrator Alex McHaddad shared the award letter from Business Oregon on social media, saying, “Great job to our Public Works team!”
Editor’s Note
Right Now Oregon, LLC President Alex McHaddad is Elgin’s City Administrator.
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