FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, December 29, 2017

 Funding Will Benefit Community Improvements in Small Cities throughout New Jersey

TRENTON, NJ – The Christie Administration today announced the award of $5,916,514 in Small Cities Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to municipalities in New Jersey. The 24 grants encompass 17 municipalities in 8 counties, and 3 county-wide programs, which will benefit approximately 30,000 people across the state, including senior citizens and individuals with disabilities. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) receives, distributes, and administers these grant funds for the State of New Jersey. 

“Small Cities CDBG grants are an innovative way to help municipal and county governments address housing rehabilitation, public capital improvement projects, and economic development projects,” said DCA Commissioner Charles A. Richman. “These grants – and the projects they fund – make a noticeable difference in the communities that receive them.” 

Awards in this year’s grant round will fund projects ranging from the installation of water distribution lines, sewer line replacements, substantial street and sidewalk reconstruction, the reconstruction of a city fire station and county job/career training facility, and the purchase of a new fire truck. The grants will also help to rehabilitate group homes for the disabled and affordable single-family housing. 

The DCA’s Division of Housing and Community Resources administers the Small Cities Community Development Block Grants, which are used for housing rehabilitation, development of public facilities, and improvements to public infrastructure. Funding for the Small Cities Program is provided by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grant Program.  

The municipalities receiving Small Cities grants design their own projects and funding priorities. These locally developed projects are required to meet at least one of the three federal national objectives, which include: 1) activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons, 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or 3) meet urgent community development needs because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.  

A description of the grant recipients and projects is listed below. For more information on Small Cities Community Development Block Grants, visit http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/cdbg.html 

The Division of Housing and Community Resources strengthens and revitalizes communities through the delivery of affordable housing, supportive services and the provision of financial and technical assistance to communities, local government, and community-based organizations. 

Small Cities FY 2018 CDBG Awards 

Grantee Name

County

Project Title

Project  Description

Award Amount

 

PUBLIC FACILITIES PROJECTS

Egg Harbor City

Atlantic

London Avenue Street Reconstruction Project

To reconstruct a deteriorated roadway, intersection and related infrastructure improvements along the 100 block of London Avenue.

$342,000

Mount Holly Township

Burlington

Mount Holly Public Facilities Program

To reconstruct and replace aging public infrastructure at the intersection of High Street and Washington Street which serves the main business district of the Township.

$400,000

Cape May City

Cape May

Critical Water Transmission Main Reconstruction

To address health and safety threats by relining a 12-inch asbestos-cement water transmission main suspected to be in poor condition due to age and site conditions.

$400,000

Middle Township

Cape May

Avalon Manor Recreation Pier Proposed ADA Improvements

To remove architectural barriers that hinder access by the disabled and elderly at the existing Avalon Manor Recreation Pier in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

$257,388

Woodbine Borough

Cape May

Woodbine Acquisition of a Pumper Fire Truck

To acquire a new 1,000-gallon Pumper Fire Truck.

$400,000

Upper Deerfield Township

Cumberland

Seabrook Village Sanitary Sewer Line – Slip Lining

To rehabilitate 70-year-old terra cotta sanitary sewer mains serving the Seabrook neighborhood.

$292,126

Dover Town

Morris

Residential Street Reconstruction and Drainage

To reconstruct parts of Third Street, Fourth Street, Fifth Street, and Penn Avenue including drainage and associated infrastructure improvements.

$400,000

Oldmans Township

Salem

Auburn Water System Improvements Phase 2

To undertake the Phase 2 improvements to the Auburn Water System including replacement of the water storage tank, installation of a hydropneumatic tank and a water treatment unit.

$400,000

Penns Grove Borough

Salem

Infrastructure Improvements to Liberty Fire Station

To provide infrastructure improvements and building renovations including at the Liberty Fire Station.

$400,000

Woodstown Borough

Salem

Liberty Avenue-Spring Garden Street Water Main Replacement

To replace an undersized and deteriorated asbestos-cement water main on Liberty Avenue and an undersized and corroded cast iron water main on Spring Garden Street.

$400,000

Sussex Borough

Sussex

Water Distribution System Improvements

To install a water line from Lake Rutherford to the Sussex Borough Water Treatment facility, thereby satisfying a NJ Administrative Consent Order to provide clean drinking water to the Borough.

$400,000

  

 11 Projects

$4,091,514

 

 

INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Salem County

Salem

Mid-Atlantic Facility ADA & Infrastructure Improvements

for ADA and infrastructure improvements to the Mid-Atlantic States Career and Education Center training facility.

$300,000

Sussex County

Sussex

SCARC Group Home Rehabilitation Project

To rehabilitate eight group homes for developmentally disabled residents in Sussex County. 

$200,000

 

 2 Projects

$500,000

 

 

HOUSING REHABILITATION PROJECTS

Mount Holly Township

Burlington

Mount Holly Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 10 low income housing units within the City of Mount Holly.

$125,000

Lower Township

Cape May

Lower Township Housing Rehabilitation

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low- income housing units within the Township of Lower.

$100,000

Middle Township

Cape May

Middle Township Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low- income housing units within the Township of Middle.

$110,000

Wildwood City

Cape May

Wildwood City Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 6 low- income housing units within the City of Wildwood.

$120,000

Cumberland County

Cumberland

Cumberland County Housing Rehabilitation

To rehabilitate approximately 10 low-income housing units within the County of Cumberland.

$200,000

Downe

Township

Cumberland

Downe Township Housing Rehabilitation

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low- income housing units within the Township of Downe.

$110,000

Fairfield Township

Cumberland

Fairfield Township Housing Rehabilitation

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low- income housing units within the Township of Fairfield.

$110,000

Hopewell Township

Cumberland

Hopewell Township Housing Rehabilitation

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low-income housing units within the Township of Hopewell.

$100,000

Upper Deerfield Township

Cumberland

Upper Deerfield Township Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 5 low- income housing units within the Township of Upper Deerfield.

$110,00

Dover Town

Morris

Dover Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 6 low income housing units within the City of Dover.

$120,000

Pennsville Township

Salem

Pennsville Township Housing Rehabilitation Program

To rehabilitate approximately 6 low- income housing units within the Township of Pennsville.

$120,000

  11 Projects

$1,325,000

24 Small Cities SFY18 Applications Awarded:

 

$5,916,514

CONTACT:
Tammori Petty
Lisa Ryan
(609) 292-6055