Five housing and facility projects are lined up to pitch McKinney's grants commission on Thursday for a second round of federal Community Development Block Grant money.
The Community Grants Advisory Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in the City Hall council chambers, 401 E. Virginia St., where it will hold a public hearing on funding recommendations for Round II of the city's Consolidated Grants Program. The agenda was posted Friday.
Who is asking
A presentation schedule attached to the agenda lists five applicants:
- The city's own Housing Rehabilitation Program, with an expanded request in the housing category.
- CASA of Collin County, for rehabilitation and exterior improvements at its facility, filed under accessibility, commercial rehabilitation and infrastructure.
- Habitat for Humanity of Collin County, for its critical repairs program.
- Hope Restored Missions, for a transitional home it calls Bridge to Hope.
- The Samaritan Inn, for repairs and upgrades at its Gateway Apartments transitional housing.
The posted materials do not say how much each group requested or what staff recommends.
A second, fall round
McKinney normally takes grant applications each February. This year the city added a fall session, according to slides from a Sept. 29 pre-application meeting that are also attached to the agenda. The slides say Round II is aimed at projects such as land acquisition, including vacant lots, community economic development, public facilities and infrastructure, while the spring round covers public services and housing.
Applicants had to be nonprofits serving residents inside city limits, and at least 51% of the people a project serves must have low or moderate incomes, the slides say. Staff offered technical help from Oct. 1 to Oct. 20.
