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SCOR announces CDBG Mitigation Steering Committee Meeting Results

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Mon, 01/24/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Office of Resilience’s (SCOR) Disaster Recovery Office (DRO) held its scheduled Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation Steering Committee meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

The Steering Committee approved $19,775,474.00 in mitigation infrastructure grant funding for stormwater and drainage improvements to the following local governments:

Horry County $846,450.00
City of Florence $3,073,304.00
City of Dillon - Lucius Rd. $952,000.00
City of Dillon - Railroad Crossing $958,000.00
City of Dillon - Dargan St. $1,936,000.00
Dillon County $1,420,000.00
Town of Cheraw - Second St. $3,433,973.00
Town of Cheraw - Washington & RR $5,759,047.00
City of Isle of Palms $1,396,700.00

SCOR expects to open the third round of CDBG-Mitigation grant applications in late 2022 and will send an announcement prior to the application period opening. The Steering Committee approved $4,933,225.00 in mitigation buyout grant funding for the City of Bennettsville.

For additional updates on disaster recovery, mitigation, and resilience efforts in South Carolina, follow SCOR on social media or visit SCOR on the web at scor.sc.gov.

 

Contact: Carissa Cochrane (carissa.cochrane@scor.sc.gov)

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