Bartholomew County officials will seek grant money to help residents in two Flat Rock Township subdivisions fix problems with storm drainage and flooding.
The county commissioners agreed Monday to ask the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) to approve an income survey of the Armuth Acres and North Cliff subdivisions.
With a combined total of about 96 lots, the subdivisions were built before the county required developers to install internal drainage systems in rural neighborhoods. After exceptionally heavy rainfall this year, flooding damaged several properties in that area north of Clifford.
The income survey is just the first stepping stone toward qualifying for a community development block grant, according to Trena Carter, Administrative Resources Association project manager.
The funds being sought are earmarked to benefit low-to-moderate income people, according to Carter, whose organization works to develop grant applications and administer grants for several Indiana cities and towns.
If the income survey indicates more than 51 percent of Armuth Acres and North Cliff residents are in the low-to-moderate income category, Bartholomew County officials could apply for a planning grant to address the storm-drainage issues, Carter said. Planning grants allow a more involved study that might help the county qualify for more grant money, she told the commissioners.
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