11 communities have been awarded funding for quality of place initiatives through the Indiana Office of Tourism Develompent and the Indiana Office of Community And Rural Affairs. Lafayette and Peru are among the areas which will receive grant funds ranging from $25 to $50,000 from the Place Based Investment Fund. Lafayette received funding for the Lafayette Arts Center Stage, a series of 5 themed public art installations on Main Street in Lafayette’s arts and culture districts.
The City of Peru, Miami County Tourism, First Farmer’s Bank and Trust, Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Miami County Economic Development Authority, North Central Indiana Regional Planning Council, and the First Bank of Berne have partnered together to create an outdoor amphitheater in Maconaquah Park. The bowl shaped facility will build upon the existing landscape to provide seating for patrons while they enjoy an array of performances on the new stage.
The city of Logansport plans to pursue a second round of EPA grant funding this fall. In 2012, the city was awarded $360,000 in partnership with Fulton County & Rochester. The grants allow the city to identify brownfields, or properties where reuse or redevelopment may be complicated by the presence of a hazardous substance.Yesterday, the EPA announced that the City of Kokomo will receive $500,000 to assess and inventory brownfield sites. This is the third EPA Brownfield grant that the city has received in recent years, totaling $1.9 million.
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