The City of Knox is the recipient of a planning grant through the Community Development Block Grant program.
The Planning Grant program strives to encourage communities to plan for long-term community development with the aid of subject matter experts and community input. The applications funded this quarter will aim to address water infrastructure and public facilities feasibility.
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs made the grant announcement Thursday. The city will use the $90,000 planning grant to develop a Master Utility Plan to look at the city’s wastewater and storm water systems.
Water Infrastructure grants allow communities to complete a holistic study of potential issues and opportunities across their drinking, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. By completing this planning, communities will be able to make decisions regarding their most urgent water needs, while understanding how each system works in context with other utility systems.
