Courthouse awarded Block Grant funds

Improvements to make the Curry County Courthouse more accessible to people with disabilities will receive a boost of $230,472 in Community Development Block Grant funds awarded by the New Mexico Community Development Council.

The grant to Curry County government for the courthouse was one of 15 projects statewide that will receive a total of $10.5 million in grant funds, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA). The Community Development Council worked with the Local Government Division of the DFA to secure the funding, the news release stated.

The council announced the awardees on Jan. 12 after hearing after hearing appeals from organizations seeking grant funds for water, drainage and public facilities projects, according to the news release.

The DFA stated in the news release that an additional $1.6 million will be awarded for economic development and planning projects.