TROY – At its Nov. 17 assembly, the Troy Metropolis Council unanimously accepted an software for the 2026 Group Growth Block Grant in hopes of securing federal funds for metropolis companies and facility enhancements.
The CDBG program is run regionally via Oakland County and distributes funds awarded by the U.S. Division of Housing and City Growth.
For the general public companies portion of this system, town estimates a funding stage just like the 2025 allocation. The opposite portion – public services and enhancements – shall be primarily based on aggressive proposals that had been due earlier this month.
Right here, the general public companies portion would cowl yard companies all through Troy, with an estimated price of roughly $25,200.
When it comes to public services and enhancements, the funding would cowl the completion of a brand new inclusive play construction at Boulan Park, estimated to price roughly $1.98 million. The venture is being labored on in varied phases.
Throughout a presentation by Troy Communications Director Courtney Flynn and Troy Division of Public Works Director Kurt Boviensiep, it was famous that modifications within the funding construction in Oakland County might influence how a lot Troy receives.
“They (Oakland County) had been urged to alter the funding construction … to spend money on extra viable, high-impact, full-scale group growth initiatives,” Flynn stated. “And so there was concern that a few of the smaller communities would not essentially get as a lot funding to have the ability to do extra impactful initiatives.”
Whereas the council accepted the applying, Troy Mayor Ethan Baker expressed reservations in regards to the course of for figuring out funding ranges.
“I’m deeply dissatisfied in Oakland County for altering the method for making the cuts,” Baker stated. “If there’s something we are able to do as a physique of presidency to assist – properly, if there’s a consensus to point out that sort of disappointment with out reducing off our noses to despise our faces – I’d be prepared to think about one thing alongside these traces.”
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