OCRA awards several rural communities with federal grant funds

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs awarded 21 rural Hoosier communities with more than $12.3 million in federal grant funding.

Of the Hoosier communities to receive funding, the east central Indiana communities were Randolph County with $500,000 to renovate the Jay-Randolph Developmental Services building, the city of Union City with $600,000 for drainage improvements, the city of Alexandria with $700,000 for wastewater system improvements and the town of Eaton with $600,000 for drinking water system improvements.