City of Barry awards almost $100,000 in TIF facade and interior improvement grants
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By DAVID CAMPHOUSE
At its Monday, May 6, City Council Meeting, the City of Barry awarded nearly $100,000 in grants designed to improve the interiors and exteriors of buildings within the community’s TIF District.
According to Barry City Administrator Jeff Hogge, a total of $49,588.63 was awarded to projects to improve facades of buildings in the TIF District, and $49,718.52 was awarded to projects to improve the interior spaces of buildings in the TIF District.
Hogge indicated that the amount of this year’s grant awards is in line with previous years’ amounts.
“The last couple of years, we’ve been doing about $50,000 in each grant program,” Hogge said.
Hogge said that he feels the grant awards have been effective in improving the TIF District of Barry – making buildings safer and more modern and usable.
“People are using the grants for things that are needed in the buildings,” Hogge said.
The following facade grants were awarded at Monday’s meeting:
• Pharmacy Plus: Masonry Work – $14,025
• Stroemer Foods: Roof Repair, New Sign – $9,030
• Rocky’s HVAC: Tuckpointing Facade – $12,550
• Milky’s: New Door – $4,886.50
• Ward building: Northwest Corner Repairs – $6,226.77
• Barry Thrift Shop: New Second Story Windows – $1,205.16
• Poppy’s Flowers: New Awning – $1,685
The following interior improvement grants were awarded:
• The Lanter: New Furnace – $11,631.47
• Country View CLinic – Remodeling – $20,000
• Barry Thrift Shop: Update heating/Cooling System – $3,871
• Hart & Wyatt: New HVAC System – $11,347.55
• Tiny’s Annex: Electrical Work, Lighting – $2,868.50
In other City of Barry news, the council approved making the payment for the final pay request for the city’s sewer lining project, that was conducted by Visu-Sewer.
The council approved the final payment of $10,495.26.
According to Hogge, the city leveraged state funds to help line the oldest and hardest to reach portions of the community’s sewer system.
“We had gotten some state money, and that helped us do this sewer lining project,” Hogge said. “It allowed us to get to some of the areas that would’ve been next tom impossible to get to otherwise.”
“For example, this last section we were able to work on actually ran underneath the school. We were able to get a good portion of the older sections of the sewer system finished.”
The council also went on to approve the city officers – which all remained the same.
