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I V,~,'ame I I..Vumher 8 July, 1985 to 1, ranging from 3.8 in 1985 to 4.6 in 1984. The amounts requested and awarded in millions of dollars is illustrated in Figure 2, on page 2 of the Briefs. I Commissioner Dayton Awards' 30 New Small Cities I Development .Grants On June ! DEED Commissioner Mark Dayton announced grants to 30 Minnesota communities for development projects under the competitive Minnesota Small Cities Development Program, totaling over $12 million. One hundred grant applications were submitted to the DEED staff for FY85 SCDP Grants. As shown in Figure l, the number of grant applications received was down slightly compared to the previous two years, while the number of grants awarded were up slightly. Applications were categor- ized into two major divisions; Comprehensive and Single Purpose. Under Single Purpose there were two sub-cat- egodes; housing and public facilities. And under the Compre- bemire division there were two sub-categories; single year and multi-year. Of the 30 applications approved, 8 ~vere for housing projects, 8 for public facility improvements and 14 for comprehensive projects. In addition to the 30 new grants, I I comprehensive grants were approved for second or third year programs. In total $22 million was available for Small Cfr!es Grants in FY85. Of that amount $3.2 million was reserved for Economic Grants which Development are av,'arded on a year round basis. The more than $18 million remaining was awarded as follows: Housing $ 3,453,100 Public Facilities 3,083,576 Comprehensive- Ist Year 6,027,726 Comprehensive - 2nd & 3rd Year 5,971,372 $18,535,774 Competition for grant dollars remains high during the three years the program has been in operation. The ratio of dollars requested to dollars awarded has averaged about 4.2 are brief summaries of all 1985 housing, public and comprehensive grant awards: I6O 146 198~ 1984 1983 Figure 1, Number of Applicants and Grantees APPLICANTS ~ ' GRANTEES ~-1 HOUSING BECKER COUNTY-$28~,ooo Becket County was awarded a $289,000 Small Cities Develop- ment Program (SCDP) grant to rehabilitate deteriorating housing stock. The need for housing rehabilitation in the County is well documented. Many homes have no indoor plumbing and the electrical systems and wood stoves found by the HRA housing inspector are equally unsafe. The County will use the SCDP grant to improve the worst housing through deferred loans at an average of $7,500 made to eligible homeowners. CARVER COUNTY-$370,~00 Carver County will rehabilitate 50 owner-occupied housing units with a Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant of $370,100 during the next 18 months. SCDP funds will then be made available, as deferred loans, to cover rehabilitation costs in excess of those funded through other sources, lhis unique gap financing program is expected to be an extremely cost-effective solution to housing deteriora- tion in the rural areas of Carver County. I I :M.ht; A.NI) COMMI_ NI I'Y I)[¥EI.t}I'MENI' BRIEI, S i~ a j~fint publicalion of the League of 51innenota Cities, the Departmenl of and Economic Development, ~he ,Minnesota Ilouqing Finance Agency, and the Minnesota Chaplet or,he National Associalion of H-m~ing and Rede,elopmenl Officials. Prepared by the Department of Energy and Economic Development. 8th Floor, American Center 5(} E. Kellogg, fit. Paul. gl N 55 t 0 I. Michael Auger. Editor 16121 Z96- Z304. (.etter~. article~ and ~uggestions from readcr~ are ~ elcome.