Business Oregon is supporting eight city projects statewide through the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The CDBG program supports the
development of livable communities by expanding economic opportunities and providing
suitable housing and living environments for persons of low and moderate income. These
eight grants total $5,399,713 and assist rural communities with funding for important
projects around the state.

Business Oregon administers the state of Oregon’s annual federal allocation of CDBG
funds for non-metropolitan cities and counties. Tribes and urban cities and counties are
not included in the state’s program as they receive CDBG funds directly from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Recipients in this round of funding:

City of McMinnville; $500,000 Total CDBG Award
The City of McMinnville’s Housing Rehabilitation Program will use this funding to provide
grant funds to approximately 30+ low- to moderate-income owner-occupied homeowners
within the McMinnville, Dayton, and Newburg area who are unable to qualify for financing
and have no other access to home improvement resources. The City will partner with
Yamhill County Affordable Housing Corporation and the Housing Authority of Yamhill
County, who will provide CDBG housing rehabilitation grants up to $15,000 each. The
funding will be used for home repairs essential to preserving the structural and service
integrity of stick-built and mobile homes to support household health and safety.

City of Josephine; $500,000 Total CDBG Award
The Josephine County Housing Rehabilitation Program will use this funding to provide
grant funds to approximately 20 low- to moderate-income owner-occupied homeowners
within the non-entitlement areas in the county. These homeowners are unable to qualify
for financing and have no other access to home improvement resources. The County,
partnering with Rogue Valley Council of Governments and Home Bridging, will assist with
CDBG grants of up to $25,000 each. The funding will be used for making home repairs
essential to preserving the structural and service integrity of each home in support of
household health and safety for residents/owners of stick-built and mobile homes.

City of Hermiston; $1,500,000 Total CDBG Award
The City of Hermiston will use this funding to construct a storage building for their
established food bank, Agape House Food Bank. Agape House was founded in 1986 and
has seen a significant rise in food insecurity in the past several years. This new building
will be located on Agape House’s existing property, adjacent to the current facilities, and
will include cold storage, dry storage, and delivery truck space. The new building will also
provide storage space for their other programs, including Veteran Outreach, Hispanic
Farmer Outreach, Elementary School Backpack Program, and Martha’s House Food
Storage. All beneficiaries of this funding will be low-to-moderate income populations.

Lake County; $1,500,000 Total CDBG Award
Lake County will use this funding in partnership with the Lake County Library District to
build a new 5,000 square-foot Christmas Valley Branch Library on County-owned
property. This new construction replaces a remote library that has been outgrown and has
a quickly expiring lease. Library services have changed and grown over the years and this
new facility will have the space needed to expand the library’s provided services and
programs.

City of Canyonville; $474,421 Total CDBG Award
The City of Canyonville owns and operates their own water system, and this funding will
be used for the design of their water distribution line replacement. This design will address
the recently issued revision to service line requirements by EPA and Oregon Health
Authority, which calls for the removal for galvanized lines downstream of current or former
lead service lines. The intended work is needed to ensure the City’s ability to provide
dependable and healthy water service for the residence and businesses in the City.

City of Port Orford; $465,292 Total CDBG Award
To ensure the City of Port Orford will be able to provide reliable water to their residents
during dry season, they will use this funding to complete the design of a new raw water
storage tank. Once constructed, the water storage tank will allow the City to capture water during the wet season to provide an uninterrupted supply of water for residential and
domestic uses.

City of Elgin; $334,000 Total CDBG Award
The City of Elgin will use this funding to design upgrades to its water system
infrastructure, including the well system, distribution system, and waterline improvements.
Once constructed, this will help the city resolve problems related to water circulation,
water pressure, and the overall reliability of the water supply for their residents and
businesses.

City of Shaniko; $126,000 Total CDBG Award
The City of Shaniko will use this funding to design water system improvements that will
address an existing pump station, chlorination system, new wet well, electrical/telemetry
components replacement, new reservoir, and some pipe replacement. This project will
improve continuous access to and availability of clean, affordable, and chlorinated
drinking water for their residents and businesses.

Learn more about the CDBG program at www.oregon.gov/biz/programs/CDBG.

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By Press Release 7/8/2024
Business Oregon
https://www.oregon.gov/biz/Publications/releases/Business%20Oregon%20Awards%20Community%20Development%20Block%20Grants%20to%20Fund%208%20Projects%20in%20Rural%20Oregon.pdf