Glen Cove Awarded $375K Grant To Fund Community Projects

The City of Glen Cove has been awarded a $375,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund housing and development projects in the community.

The grant is part of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development program that provides funding for housing to benefit low and moderate income individuals, prevent or eliminate slum or blight and address urgent community development needs.

Glen Cove Mayor Reggie Spinello said this grant will be used to rehabilitate aging infrastructure and operating systems.

“Once we receive HUD’s final approval in October, our funds will be allocated to 16 Glen Cove community projects as well as help underwrite the administration of this vital program,” Glen Cove Community Development Agency Director Ann Fangmann said in a press release.

Highlights of those community projects include:

• Residential and Commercial Rehabilitation ($50,000)
• Senior Center Heating System and Project Beacon ($83,000)
• Glen Cove Parking Facilities, Streetscapes, Disposition, Blight and Demolition ($138,000)
• Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club Gymnasium Floor Repair and Summer Program ($15,500)
• SAFE ($8,500)
• LaFuerza Unida ($5,000)
• Glen Cove Child Day Care ($6,000)
• Glen Cove Youth Bureau ($8,000)
• Glen Cove Economic Opportunity Council ($5,000)
• CDBG Program Administration ($56,000)

Nassau County Office of Housing and Community Development awarded the grant to Glen Cove.

Image via Glen Cove City Hall via Google Maps