A nonprofit providing financial services to local governments has been hired to attempt to secure funding to fix flooding and drainage problems in two subdivisions.
But residents of the Armuth Acres and Northcliff subdivisions in Flat Rock Township shouldn’t raise their hopes up too high, county officials said.
County officials are “apprehensive if we can find a qualifying scenario” that will provide outside funding, Bartholomew County commissioner Larry Kleinhenz said.
With a combined total of 96 lots, Armuth Acres and Northcliff subdivisions were constructed north of Clifford before the county required developers to install internal drainage systems in rural neighborhoods.
As the result of excessive rainfall this year, flooding has damaged a number of properties in those neighborhoods north of County Road 600N.
On Monday, the county commissioners approved a potential two-phase contract with Administrative Resources Administration of Columbus. Known as ARa, the governmental nonprofit owned by several Indiana communities provides towns and communities with financial services, including grant writing.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
