Here’s a quick view of stimulus funding announcements, funds received and spent, and how those funds are helping to improve our community.
Get a pictorial view of projects in progress across the City by routinely visiting our Project Gallery.
On our Stimulus News page, you can read recent City news releases about Recovery funding and stay current on stimulus updates made during City Council meetings.
How much Recovery money has been awarded to the City and how has it been used? Check out our Funds Received and Funds Spent pages for continuous updates.
Recovery funding creates jobs. See how that has happened in Greensboro on our Funds at Work page.
Imagining the Opportunities
Imagine being able to upgrade the lighting and thermostat systems in 10,000 Greensboro homes and businesses and perform extensive energy retrofitting on more than 5,000 housing units and 125 non-residential buildings?
Greensboro city officials are imagining all that and more now that they have submitted an application for funding for building energy efficiency retrofitting to the US Department of Energy.
The funding -- $6,037,500 -- is available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to increase the energy efficiency of public and privately owned buildings. The application process for the funds is very competitive; only 10-12 grants are expected to be awarded nationwide. No City funding match was required for this application, but the City had to identify about $30 million of other public and private funding that would be leveraged with the grant funds.
The Department of Energy is expected to make funding announcements this spring.
The City’s plan is called “Energy Efficiency as a Pathway to Community Health and Wealth.” It would use an extensive community outreach campaign to inform the public about the benefits of reducing energy use and would involve personal home and business visits to assess needs, especially in the east Greensboro area.
For more information about the City’s plans, contact Dan Curry, acting director of the City’s Department of Housing and Community Development, at 336-373-2751.
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