City of Logansport – Logansport-Cass County Memorial Center Exterior Renovation CDBG – Public Hearing

City of Logansport – Logansport-Cass County Memorial Center Exterior Renovation CDBG – Public Hearing April 7, 2025 5:30 PM
1. Goals and Objectives of the CDBG Program:
a. The Public Facilities Grant Program is a grant program administered by the Indiana Office of Community
and Rural Affairs (OCRA) and is funded with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
dollars. These grants support a variety of projects that either benefit low-to-moderate income persons
or eliminate slum/blight in communities.
b. In order to be eligible for the Community Development Block Grant program we need a lead applicant
that is a unit of government, which would be a city, county or an incorporated town. In this case, the
City of Logansport is serving as the lead applicant. The following entities are eligible for the Community
Development Block Grant: Small cities which do not receive CDBG funds directly from U.S. Housing and
Urban Development (HUD); Incorporated towns; Counties (excluding Lake and Hamilton, which receive
funds directly from HUD).
c. The project must meet one of the national objectives and be an eligible activity under the CDBG
program, including Benefit to Low-and-Moderate Income Persons on an Area Basis, Limited Clientele
Basis, Presume Class, or Spot Slum and Blight and it must comply with applicable state and federal laws
and regulations. The eligible national objective for this program elimination of Spot Slum and Blight.
2. Total amount of CDBG funds available:
a. The maximum award amount for Historical Renovation in a Public Facilities Project is $750,000. The
City of Logansport is seeking $750,000. A local match of at least 10% of the total project cost is
required. A minimum of 5% must be in the form of cash or debt. Additional in-kind contributions can
be counted as a local match up to 5% of the total project cost, with a maximum of $25,000.
3. Community Development and Housing needs of applicant –Public Facilities Project; specifically, the Historical
Renovation of the exterior of the Logansport-Cass County Memorial Center building exterior.
4. Proposed amount of funds to be used to benefit low- and moderate-income people – Of this $750,000, based on
the current HUD-utilized 2016-2020 ACS Census data indicating Logansport’s LMI population to be 54.10%,
approximately $405,750 of the grant dollars will be spent on LMI individuals
5. Amount and source of local funds to be expended on the project – local funds to be used for this project is The
Applicant also proposes to expend an estimated $161,000 in non-CDBG funds on the project. These non-CDBG
funds will be derived from the Logansport Memorial Home fund.
6. There will be No Displacement of any individual or businesses related to this project.
The potential Grantee must also respond to any written comments that are received during the Public Hearing process.
Written comments should be received by Malcolm Jarrell, Sycamore Rowe LLC, 735 Walnut Ridge W., Logansport, IN
46947 no later than April 4th, 2025
Important Dates:
Proposal due date: April 17th, 2025
Application submittal: June 20th, 2025
Award announcement: August-September, 2025