Gardner CDBG Committee approves prior-year fund reallocation for FY2026 application
Gardner CDBG Committee backs prior-year fund reallocation for FY2026 application. The Committee voted 4-0 with Mayor Michael Nicholson abstaining to allocate $140,000 in FY2025 funds and $9,000 in FY2022-23 funds to continue existing public social service grants, while reserving the new FY2026
Community Development Block Grant Steering Committee · Meeting of February 24, 2026
Gardner CDBG Committee backs prior-year fund reallocation for FY2026 application. The Committee voted 4-0 with Mayor Michael Nicholson abstaining to allocate $140,000 in FY2025 funds and $9,000 in FY2022-23 funds to continue existing public social service grants, while reserving the new FY2026 application mainly for the Downtown Improvements Phase 6 project on City Hall Avenue and program administration. The city can request up to $875,000 in FY2026 funds.
The Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center withdrew its application due to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage costs, and St. Paul's Community Garden project was reclassified from social service to public facility improvement, allowing all five requested social service projects to be funded.
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Source: the Community Development Block Grant Steering Committee meeting of February 24, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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