The South Carolina Department of Commerce announced that the Town of Sellers was awarded a $940,000 Community Development Block Grant.
Commerce awarded a total of more than $10 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to 23 communities across the state. The funds are allocated for specific projects that will directly benefit more than 9,822 residents in South Carolina.
“The CDBG program is a resource with a track record of helping communities most in need utilize resources to implement a variety of opportunities. Thanks to this program, these communities across the state will be able to improve water or sewer services and in doing so improve their infrastructure and economic development potential. We are pleased that this year 23 communities and more than 9,800 residents will benefit from these grants,” said Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor.
The project will construct a force main from Sellers to Latta to connect Sellers’ sewage system to Latta’s wastewater treatment plant, thereby eliminating an imminent health threat and providing a regional solution. The Sellers project will benefit 326 residents in the area, 282 of which are low- to moderate-income residents.
More than half of the projects statewide will address public health or safety issues related to water services. Five communities will benefit from new water service to replace unreliable, shallow or dry wells, and provide the community with water for fire protection. Three communities will receive new sewer service.
Grant recipients were selected through a statewide competitive process in which local governments submitted grant applications to the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Communities receiving CDBG funding are required to provide at least 10 percent matching funds.
The grants funds are allocated annually to South Carolina from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Department of Commerce administers the CDBG program for the state.
The program assists communities in providing housing, a suitable living environment and expanded economic opportunities. Grants are awarded to local governments to carry out a wide range of activities addressing housing and community development needs. More than 70 percent of the funding will assist the state’s most-distressed and least-developed counties.
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