Port Huron, MI — The City of Port Huron has received another installment of Community Development Block Grants for COVID-19 relief from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The City reached out to different agencies to see where the greatest need lies and where the most impact can be made. That measure of coordination seems to be working. Rent assistance was thought to be a need, and it is, but it is adequately funded by other agencies.
City Manager James Freed recommended to the City Council that money be given to the Economic Development Alliance to help give relief to businesses that employ moderate to low-income workers. Funding to restaurants and bars, which are currently crippled by the state mandated shutdown, was recommended also.
A recommendation was also made to give $30,000 to Mid-City Nutrition, which is a soup kitchen in downtown Port Huron. The use of disposable containers, needed to follow Covid mitigation protocol, is expensive and their growth in the number of meals served is substantial.
This round of disbursements totals over $170,000. The initial allocation was over $462,000.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
