Shawnee’s 2019 CDBG plan dedicates funds to city street infrastructure

Shawnee has submitted its application for Community Development Block Grant funding for the next five years.

Should the Kansas Department of Commerce accept Shawnee’s application as is, the city would receive $285,302 in CDBG funds. A majority of the city’s funding request is $217,602 to be dedicated toward street infrastructure improvements on 60th Street between Flint Street and Nieman Road. CDBG funds are designed to provide assistance to low- and moderate-income residents. The city’s five-year plan was updated to include housing rehabilitation, stormwater and street and sidewalk improvements, subsistence payments to low-income Shawnee residents, payments to subsidize child care, and funding for healthcare services for uninsured residents, according to a Nov. 26 city memo from community development director Doug Allmon.

Next year will be the fifth year under the five-year consolidated plan.