HUD includes area watershed in $96.9 million grant

A portion of Franklin County was recently included in a new grant aimed at reducing flooding problems and increasing water quality across the state.
     The Middle Cedar Watershed, which includes a small segment of southeast Franklin County, was one of nine Iowa watersheds included in a $96.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The money will fund a program to help communities recover from prior disasters and improve their ability to recoup more quickly from future incidents.
     “We don’t know a whole lot at this point,” said Kyle Ament, project manager at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “They’re just sort of working out the details about what projects this money will fund.”
     Read the full article in the Feb. 3 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.