Greg Gerber posted on March 20, 2009 04:32
ELKHART -- More than $6 million in federal economic stimulus funding was approved for Elkhart on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly said.
The city will receive $4.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a runway at the Elkhart Municipal Airport.
"This funding is great news for Elkhart," Donnelly said in a statement. "Fixing up the runway at Elkhart Municipal Airport will put shovels in the ground and people to work."
Additionally, Elkhart will get $2.2 million in neighborhood stabilization program funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The money can be used to purchase foreclosed or abandoned homes to rehabilitate, resell or redevelop them, Donnelly said.
The NSP money, part of HUD's community development block grant program, was authorized in a 2008 housing act but appropriated in federal economic stimulus legislation.
SOURCE: Elkhart Truth