NEWS RELEASE
For more information, please contact:
Lynn Altman, County Clerk
Pierce County Board of Commissioners
PO Box 679
Blackshear, GA 31516
(912) 449-2022
Pierce County Board of Commissioners has successfully competed for and received a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG grant) in the amount of $500,000.00 from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
The grant is for the purpose of constructing a new Headstart Facility in Pierce County.
The grant award was presented to the county by Commissioner Mike Beatty and was accepted on behalf of the county by Mitch Bowen, Pierce Commission Chairman, and Edward Cady, Director of Technology, in a ceremony conducted by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs at The Marriott Macon City Center in Macon on September 16, 2011.
A total of 92 awards to various cities and counties were recognized on that date. The State CDBG program allows local governments to compete for resources that can be used to assist public-private partnerships that leverage private investment and benefit low and moderate-income persons through economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure and neighborhood revitalization projects. More information on the State CDBG program can be found at www.dca.ga.gov/communities/CDBG/documents/CDBGHistoryStoriesHighlights.pdf .
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