Bank of the Ozarks and FHLB Dallas Award Grant to Assist Homeowners With Critical Repairs LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Bank of the Ozarks are pleased to announce they have awarded a $140,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant to the Southwest Arkansas Development Council (SWADC) to assist with home rehabilitation costs. The AHP grant will be used to provide much needed repairs to the homes of very low-income elderly and/or disabled homeowners in Miller County, Arkansas. The funds are being used in conjunction with monies from the weatherization assistance programs offered by the U.S. Department of Energy and the state of Arkansas, according to William Taft Wilson, weatherization director for SWADC. The grant funds will enable SWADC to make much needed repairs to 20 homes, including replacing roofs, floors, and windows, to bring the homes into compliance with the code standard, which will then qualify them for weatherization assistance program funds. Many of the homes in the region served by SWADC are turned down for the weatherization assistance program funds because they are in such poor condition and need repairs that are not covered by such programs. |
Funding News Four central Ohio buildings get historic preservation grantsRenovation of a number of historic Ohio buildings, including four central Ohio projects, got a financial shot in the wallet yesterday. The Ohio Development Services Agency awarded $37.7 million in Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits to rehabilitate 35 buildings in 13 communities. Among them is the six-story Julian and Kokenge Co. Building at the northeast corner of Main and Front streets Downtown. Casto Development and partners are converting the former shoe factory into 90 market-rate apartments. The L-shaped building, which has more than 120,000 square feet and once was the workplace of more than 1,000 people, was built in 1921; women’s shoes were being made there when it closed in 1975. Casto began the renovation project last year, replacing the concrete-block-filled windows to historic accuracy and earning the required National Register of Historic Places designation for it to become eligible for tax credits. The building was one of four projects statewide to earn the maximum tax credit. Read More > $10,000 in grants awarded to local perform arts organizationsARTSConnect on Monday announced the recipients of the 2014 Performing Arts Grants. The grant funding was made possible by a grant to ARTSConnect from the Topeka Community Foundation. The funding supports performing arts activities that are innovative, unique and offer benefit to the entire community, according to an ARTSConnect news release. A total of $10,000 has been awarded to 12 non-profit organizations. “These 12 organizations represent some of the best and the brightest in performing arts opportunities in Topeka, said Sarah Carkhuff Fizell, executive director of ARTSConnect. “Applicants requested a total of $30,000 in funding and so the grant committee made a decision to focus on emerging and diverse organizations which will expand and enrich the existing wealth of performing arts in Topeka. ARTSConnect is so excited to partner with the Topeka Community Foundation to offer this funding and we hope that it helps to bring more arts to more people.” Read More >TESTIMONIALS |
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