Howe City Administrator Joe Shephard secured a $187,000 Community Development Block Grant in 2015 that is now paying off for the city. The improved focus area is Bean Street, Travis Street, Jones Street, Neal Street, parts of Young Street and parts of College Street. In total, the project calls for 121,000 square feet of road improvements. Today, crews began working on Travis Street.
This city’s matching portion of the grant is nearly $30,000. Shephard told the city council back in February of 2015 that the city budgeted $50,000 for street repair and that the matching funds would come from that balance.
The factors in acquiring the grant were average household income in the area and conditions of the streets. That section of Howe met the criteria needed to qualify for the grant.
