Public hearing on CDBG funding for community development in Greensboro.

Town of Greensboro
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
FFY 2025 CDBG Program Year 
The Town of Greensboro is considering applying to the Florida Department of Commerce for one or more Small Cities Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for the FFY 2025 CDBG program year.  The City is eligible to apply for up to $650,000 in the neighborhood revitalization, commercial revitalization, and housing rehabilitation categories and up to $1.5 million in the economic development category. CDBG funds may be used for one of the following purposes: 1. To benefit low- and moderate-income persons; 2. To aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or 3. To meet other community development needs of recent origin having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.  The categories of activities for which these funds may be used are in the areas of housing, neighborhood revitalization, commercial revitalization, or economic development and include such improvement activities as acquisition of real property, loans to private-for-profit business, purchase of machinery and equipment, construction of infrastructure, planning/design, rehabilitation of houses and buildings, and energy conservation.  

In developing an application for submission to the Florida Department of Commerce the Town of Greensboro must plan to minimize displacement of persons as a result of planned CDBG activities.  In addition, the Town is required to develop a plan to assist displaced persons.  A public hearing to receive citizen views concerning the community's economic and community development needs will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5:30 p. m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town of Greensboro Town Hall located at 150 East 11th Street, Greensboro, Florida 32330.  Additional information regarding the range of activities that may be undertaken with funding from the CDBG grant program will be provided at the public hearing.  Additional information may also be obtained prior to the Public Hearing by contacting Mike Wade, Town Manager at 850-442-6215.  Also, comments or questions (and requests for additional information) may also be submitted to Mr. Wade by email at greensboromgr@tds.net, or by postal service to:  P.O. Box 66, Greensboro, Florida 32330, Attention: Mike Wade, Town Manager.

The public hearing will be conducted in a handicapped accessible location.  Any handicapped person requiring an interpreter for the hearing impaired or the visually impaired or requiring any other special accommodation should contact the Town at the phone number listed above at least five calendar days prior to the meeting so that arrangements can be made for an interpreter or other special accommodation.  To access a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD/TTY) dial 711 in the U.S. to connect with a Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) operator.  Any non-English speaking person wishing to attend the public hearing should contact the Town at 850-442-6215 so that arrangements for a language interpreter can be made. 

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