Metromode Radio: SE Michigan Vies For Federal Money
The nation’s economy is weak. But the federal government still has money. Washington gives local municipalities $400 billion a year in grants (like for brownfield clean up). Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus visits with Metro Detroit officials, all of whom are jockeying for federal dollars.
The nation’s economy is weak. But the federal government still has money. Washington gives local governments $400 billion a year…. in grants alone. Friday, (Nov 14), for example, is the deadline for municipalities to ask the EPA for up to a half million dollars each for brownfield cleanup.
Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus has been with suburban Detroit officials jockeying for federal money and asked how southeast Michigan can a piece of the action.