Washington D.C. – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan recently announced the recipients of the 2011 Sustainable Communities Grants, totaling nearly $96 million. The goal of HUD’s Sustainable Communities grants is to help communities and regions improve their economic competitiveness by connecting housing with good jobs, quality schools and transportation.
The funds are awarded to communities, large and small, to address local challenges to integrating transportation and housing.
In Connecticut the town of Mansfield was awarded $610,596 and the city of Stamford received $1,105,288.
In Massachusetts, the grants included the city of Boston – $1,865,160, the Monttachusett Regional Planning Commission in Fitchburg – $129,500 and the city of Worcester – $930,000.
In New Hampshire, the Nashua Regional Planning Commission received $3,369,648 and the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority in Bedford was awarded $1,000,000.
The grant for the Rhode Island Division of Planning was $1,934,961
The Vermont Northwest Regional Planning Commission in St. Albans received $480,000 and the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission in Woodstock was awarded $540,000.
