Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, the heart of ten small towns, is a New England village located on the scenic and historic Mohawk Trail in the Berkshire foothills.
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Community Development Block Grant Survey
Your Input is Needed For Grant Application
(9/11/09) The Towns of Shelburne and Buckland need your help in preparing the 2010 Community Development Block Grant application that will be submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development in mid-February 2010. The Towns want to submit an application that meets the communities’ priorities.
Hearings on the Grant application are scheduled in Shelburne for Sept. 14 at 7:10 PM and in Buckland on Sept. 22 at 6:30 PM.
The SFABA has also offered to help the Towns by hosting an on-line survey. A paper version will be available at the Town Halls of both towns and at the Senior Center
The survey will be active September 16.
Click Here to take the on-line survey
The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funds specific kinds of activities that will primarily benefit low and moderate income residents of a community. In other words, not every project that the Towns’ residents consider to be important will qualify for this program.
The types of activities that are funded by the CDBG program include:
- Housing rehabilitation on homes or apartments where more than 51% of the residents are Low and Moderate Income, using the HUD’s annual income limits.
- Making public buildings handicapped accessible
- Sign and façade improvements to commercial buildings
- Senior center construction or renovation where there is site control by the Town
- Demolition or clearance of a blighted property that affects public health and safety
- Infrastructure improvements (road and sidewalk repair, sewer and water system repairs) on a section of a street where more than 51% of the residents of that street are low or moderate income
- Public Social Activities
The survey will only take a few minutes of your time and your help will be greatly appreciated.
