Seymour, Decatur County to receive grants for improvements

Several area communities are receiving federal community development block grants through  the Indiana office of Community and Rural Affairs, the lieutenant governor’s office announced this morning.

Seymour is receiving more than half a million dollars for a streetscape project around One Chamber Square. The $590 thousand dollar grant will allow the city to improve sidewalks, curbs, lighting and electrical services. The community space will include seating and interactive features.

Decatur County was approved for about $442 thousand dollars to rehabilitate a building as a Children’s Advocacy Center that will be a kid-friendly place for child abuse investigations and victim support services.

The town of St.Paul on the Shelby/Decatur county line was awarded $600 thousand for wastewater system improvements.

The block grant program offers funds in five categories, including stormwater improvements. The Town of Hope had applied for one of those grants to work on a collapsing storm drain on the southside of the Town Square, but that application was not among those announced this morning.

The state announced $10 million in grants this morning.