A while back, I wrote about the virtues of applying for community block grants, and how Greene County as a whole could really improve with a few. OK, so I was exceptionally sarcastic on my post: http://www.magiccoalcity.blogspot.com/ Nonetheless, where are we now four months later?!
Call your County Commissioners, County Council, City Council, Mayors, and Town Boards. If we can have up to three of these Community Block Grants open at one time, and each can be for up to $500,000, then does Greene County have its applications in?
I'm not even suggesting at this point that we even have WON three grant applications, but HAVE WE EVEN APPLIED for these monies?!
Sadly, I think not.
Why???
Please hold your elected officials accountable by asking the simple question: "Why not?" You're paying in taxes, so why aren't we applying to get to get some of these monies back??
When someone has a good reason why we're not even applying for them, I'd be glad to listen. How great would $1.5 million dollars coming into our community to make a true difference every year be?!
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This blog post by Chris Wathen was also published in his Linton, Indiana based Greene County Daily World blog entitled, "Riddle Me This".
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