Town of North Judson Awarded Grant to Assist with Comprehensive Plan

Posted on February 25, 2019
Author Jacque Ryan, WKVI

In order to help update the comprehensive plan for the Town of North Judson, officials applied for a grant through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs back in January.

Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe provided members with an update about the grant last Monday.

Rowe shared, “We were awarded the grant…It was good news to hear we got that with Stellar in mind but also just having a plan. The last master plan, I believe, is from 1956 so it’s been awhile.”

As a reminder, to cover the cost of the $44,000 Comprehensive Plan project, officials applied for a $39,600 Community Development Block Grant that requires a local match of $4,400. Officials will be working with HWC Engineering on this project.

Starke County Economic Development Foundation Director Larry Wickert noted that town officials will not need to rush the creation of their comprehensive plan to coincide with the County’s regional Stellar efforts.

Wickert said, “There’s a letter of intent that we all want to sign coming up in May and I just wanted you to know that it’s important to go ahead and do that this year.” He continued, “You can finish your comprehensive plan through the summer, you don’t have to have that done before we do that.”

Clerk-Treasurer Rowe stated that he will continue coordinating with Shawn Cain from the Kankakee Iroquois Planning Commission (KIRPC) and representatives from HWC Engineering about the service agreements related to the comprehensive plan project. He said those documents will likely come before council for consideration during their first meeting in March.