Portageville Receives CDBG Funding for Flooding Issues

Friday, March 28, 2014

Within about a year's time, the flooding situation will be drastically eased. The City of Portageville did receive their Community Development Block Grant to begin the planning, engineering and implementing the different phases involved in correcting the draining and flooding issues in the north western portion of the city. The amount of the grant money is $445,000 with $90,000 of in-kind match and money from the City of Portageville. The grant is for disaster assistance. "This is the first grant of this type that has ever been done in Missouri, according to Vince Berry.

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