Metropolis shifts funds to spice up housing rehab program, set up downtown broadband

Metropolis shifts funds to spice up housing rehab program, set up downtown broadband
Metropolis shifts funds to spice up housing rehab program, set up downtown broadband

With a few shifts in funds, residents in Port Huron could quickly have higher entry to each free dependable broadband web downtown and housing rehabilitation sources for householders.

Metropolis Council members this month signed off on adjustments to 2 of the town’s annual motion plans that spell out how federal cash is getting used — as a substitute transferring slightly below $200,000 to downtown broadband and over $330,200 to house enchancment initiatives — earlier than time runs out to make use of the funds.

Jazmyn Thomas, the town’s group improvement program coordinator, mentioned the broadband can be paid for with reallocated group improvement block grant {dollars} from the CARES Act in 2020.

She mentioned it could assist “shut the native digital divide,” whereas additionally assembly a vital want seen through the pandemic.