About
Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
-
RSS Links
-
Tags
2009-10 budget 2010 Mayor's race Aaron Johnson Barack Obama Belinda Gergel Bill Ellis Bob Coble Brian DeQuincey Newman budget cuts Charles Austin CMRTA code enforcement task force columbia Columbia 2010 elections Columbia City Council Agendas Columbia finances Columbia Fire Department columbia health insurance Columbia mayor's race Columbia Police Department Columbia sewer plant consent agenda Daniel Rickenmann District 2 Durham Carter E.W. Cromartie economic stimulus Five Points Gary Myers homeless Hospitality Tax Hotel lawsuit Joseph Azar Kirkman Finlay Leon Lott Marc Mylott North Main Street Richland County Richland County Council Sam Davis Steve Benjamin Steve Gantt Steve Morrison Tameika Isaac Devine Tandy Carter-
Blogroll
Columbia City Council
Columbia Web Sites
Facebook pages
Richland County Council
Archives
Recent Comments
Categories
Columbia's stimulus money
Received to date:
$597,483 for police equipment
$342,783 for affordable housing
$524,731 for homeless prevention
$3.9 million for buying and renovating foreclosed homes (This money went directly to Columbia)
$1,038,350 for buying and renovating foreclosed homes (This money went to the TN Development Corporation, which is a component of the city)
$5,259,694 for public housing projects
$1,951,043 for section-8 rental assistance
$5,346,374 for Columbia’s bus system (for equipment, not operations)
$9 million for North Main Street construction project
$1,424,100 for replacing the city’s lights with energy efficient bulbs and a green building incentive program
$750,000 for Columbia to clean up environmentally hazardous land
$867,365 for community health centers