More than $400,000 in additional economic stimulus funds will go toward housing and economic development projects in the Greater Muskegon area.
According to excerpts from the story:
The cities of Muskegon, Muskegon Heights and Norton Shores received official word that an additional allocation of federal community development dollars will come their way as part of the “stimulus” program. Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announced this week that the state and its communities will receive a total of $27 million in additional Community Development Block Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
CDBG funds are used to improve communities through housing and economic development programs, among other uses. The additional allocation this year through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — known as the economic “stimulus” program — was to be put toward projects that provided affordable housing and create economic opportunities.
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