The City of Columbus, Grants Management Section would like to invite you to the first public meeting for the 2023 Annual Action Plan to review and discuss proposed programs for Department of Housing and Urban Development grant funds. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18th at 5:30pm, in the garage conference room at 141 N. Front St. Parking is available in the garage, and the conference room is located on the first floor.

This year, we received 37 Community Development Block Grant applications from external agencies and 12 from internal departments, making this the most competitive applicant pool the City has seen for CDBG funding. We are still carefully considering all of these applications and have not made any final selections yet. Projects for the HOPWA, HOME, and ESG grants are also being presented.

Please join us on Tuesday if you are interested in learning about the project proposals we received for 2023 funding. A summary of all project proposals will be available on our website: https://www.columbus.gov/finance/financial-management-group/Grants-Management/. We will be accepting public comments on the proposed projects until October 24th. Comments may be sent to grantsmgmt@columbus.gov.