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🌱 How a new $870,025 grant could reshape North Kentucky Street housing.

Spotted on the Pennington Gap calendar: Live Community Bluegrass Picking at Axe Handle | Pennington Gap, Va

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  • How a new $870,025 grant could reshape North Kentucky Street housing.

Also on today's calendar: Live Community Bluegrass Picking at Axe Handle | Pennington Gap, Va and 2 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• Millions in grants awarded to Southwest Virginia communities for development (wjhl.com) — Pennington Gap is set to receive $870,025 in state-administered federal funding to rehabilitate housing along North Kentucky Street, a project that could directly affect local residents and property values. The grant is part of $22.7 million in Community Development Block Grants awarded across Virginia, including other Southwest Virginia communities, to support housing, downtown revitalization, and infrastructure upgrades.
   

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