Winlock, Vader and Lewis County governments were awarded grants of $750,000 each through the Community Development Block Grant program for infrastructure improvement projects, the state Department of Commerce announced this week.
CDBG grants are funded by the federal office of Housing and Urban Development and administered through the state Department of Commerce. The department announced that 27 projects selected from 41 applications will receive $10.5 million.
“Partnering with local governments to create infrastructure is essential to our mission of strengthening communities,” said Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown in a press release detailing the distribution of monies across 25 rural cities and counties in Washington.
Lewis County will receive $750,000 for the refurbishment of a fire and emergency facility.