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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PHONE: 970-400-4200
FAX: 970-336-7233
1 150 0 STREET
P.O. BOX 758
GREELEY, CO 80632
Mayor Don Conyac
Town of Firestone
9950 Park Avenue
Firestone, CO 80504
Dear Mayor Conyac,
Congratulations! The Town of Firestone is being awarded a Weld County CDBG program grant in the
amount of $50,000 to expand its annual Friends of Firestone Day of Service Program, a partnership
between the Town, Brothers Redevelopment Inc., and local volunteers to provide minor exterior home
improvements to low- to moderate -income households located within Firestone. The program will strive
to serve 12-15 households within the Town over two future project dates. Grant funds will be used to
cover staff and labor costs of Brother's Redevelopment who will oversee the repair program and assess
the environmental impacts at each project site, the cost of materials for the repairs and hazardous
materials testing when necessary.
The Weld County Board of County Commissioners have set the priorities for the Weld CDBG Program
to be public improvements including adequate public infrastructure, housing preservation, and access to
public services. Additionally, the Weld County CDBG Program is designed to provide funding to address
community development needs in which at least 70% of the funding must principally benefit low and
moderate -income persons. This project meets the program goal of housing preservation.
All projects require some level of environmental review which could delay start of the project. The Town
of Firestone, as subrecipient, CANNOT begin to incur either administrative or program costs associated
with the project until an environmental review of the program has been completed and a subrecipient
agreement with the Weld County CDBG Program is fully and properly executed.
Please contact Elizabeth Relford, CDBG Program Manager, at (970) 673-5836 or Cynthia Martin, Senior
CDBG Analyst, at (970) 537-1769 at your earliest convenience to initiate contracting procedures.
By facilitating these low- to moderate -income projects, the Community Development Block Grant
program is helping strengthen Weld County communities for all our residents. It's been exciting to
see the impact these variety of improvements are bringing to our communities.
Sincerely,
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Kevin D Ross
Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
cc: AJ Krieger, Town Administrator, Town of Firestone _
Ivy Pitts, Administrative Operations Coordinator, Town of Firestone
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