Accomplishments • Awarded 3 CDBGs (Community Development Block Grants) totaling $ 1,518,068. • Awarded 1 South Carolina Historic Preservation grant totaling $ 200,000. • Awarded 1 FEMA grant totaling $ 1,188,785. • Awarded 1 EDA grant totaling $ 3,257,501. • Awarded 5 SCIIP grants totaling $ 25,219,689. • Awarded 1 RIA grant totaling $ 475,000. • Awarded 2 housing development projects through our HOME Consortium totaling $ 690,000. • 3 SC Best projects awarded $ 76,488. Awards Active Projects
DEVELOPMENT Community & Economic
CDBG Funding Marsh Cove Fire Station Becomes a Reality
Jasper County has seen steady population increases as well as in-migration from surrounding counties for quite a few years. Lowcountry Drive (SC 462) serves as a heavily traveled connector between I-95 and SC 170 at the Beaufort County line, bringing tourists to southern Beaufort County as well as commuters from rural areas of Jasper County into business centers. With the marked increase in residents living in the Marsh Cove area and commuters traveling through it to get to Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head, first responders saw an increase in motor vehicle accidents and structure fires in the area. In response to increased demand, Jasper County tagged this area in Marsh Cove as a priority for a new fire station. Land was donated for the project, but since the county built two other stations in recent years, available funding for fire stations was running short. To keep the project alive, leaders reached out to LCOG to help them apply for both USDA Rural Development funding and a Community Development Block Grant. LCOG staff helped the county gather information and develop the grant application as well as a loan/grant application for USDA Rural Development funding. Firefighters and a small group of volunteers surveyed the area, knocked on doors in the summer heat, and helped residents complete the required surveys to demonstrate enough low- to moderate-income households in the station’s service area to qualify for grant funding. The new station is now fully staffed with firefighters who are also trained emergency medical technicians. This shortens response times to accidents, fires and almost any emergency in the area. Residents will likely see a reduction in insurance costs, and they will undoubtedly benefit from having first responders almost ten miles closer than before this station was built.
• 30 CDBG's - $17,489,528 • 1 CDBG CV - $858,483 • 12 HOME (Rehab) - $567,882 • 2 HOME (Development) - $690,000 • 9 EDA - $33,957,501 • 2 RD (Rural Development) - $1,308,200 • 1 RIA (Rural Infrastructure Authority) - $475,000 • 1 FEMA - $1,188,785
• Kimberly Mullinax was appointed to the South Carolina Community Development Association Board of Directors. • Tiffany Dantzler participated in the South Carolina Economic Development Institute. • Michelle Knight, Jessica Dailey and Kimberly Mullinax attended the First Annual SERDI Leadership Institute.
Anticipated Results From Active Projects • 12 families living in safer houses. • 64 families in new multi-family residences.
• 879 residents with better water quality and pressure. • 1,384 residents with improved sewer collection systems.
• 220 elderly people with improved access to service at their local senior center. • 3,729 residents with access to fire services within 5 miles of their home. • Safe, lighted walking pathways serving 750 people. • Two new parks that are ADA-accessible . • 625 new jobs in the region and $138 million in private investment (jobs for our residents and increased tax base for our communities).
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