A $435,000 federal grant awarded to Auburn in 2022 to repair crumbling downtown buildings sits nearly unspent, with the city now seeking a one-year extension after the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) moved to close out the grant without warning earlier this year. Council voted to request an extension to May 6, 2027.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), was intended to fund structural repairs to historic buildings in Auburn’s central business district, particularly two buildings on Central Avenue where bricks had been falling onto public sidewalks. More than three years after the award, only about $34,000 has been spent, on an engineering study covering two priority buildings.
Background on the grant
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