ARPA Funding Requests and Project Ideas
The City Council initiated a public comment period to allow residents to submit comments in favor of, or in opposition to, applications for ARPA funding. The public comment period began April 1, 2022 and ended April 30, 2022. As a result of the public comment period, the City of Carbondale received the following:
- 56 Applications for funding
- 266 residents in support of specific applications
- 42 residents opposed to specific applications
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ARPA Funding Requests
The community agencies, organizations, and non-profits listed below requested a portion of the City of Carbondale's allotted ARPA funding to support Carbondale's recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency:
- A Gift of Love Charity, Inc.
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois
- Attucks Community Services Board
- Autism Society of Southern Illinois
- Beyond the Walls The Movement, NFP
- Boys and Girls Clubs (PDF)
- Brehm Preparatory School, Inc.
- Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
- Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Carbondale Jr. Sports, Inc.
- Carbondale Lions Club
- Carbondale Main Street
- Carbondale Park District
- Carbondale Public Library
- Carbondale United
- Carbondale Warming Center
- Coliseum Coffee Works, LLC
- Community Kitchen Project
- Creative Creatures Womens Organization
- Elks, Lodge 1243
- EMAC Inc.
- Food Works
- Good Samaritan Ministries
- Green Earth, Inc.
- Greener Homes, LLC
- Guaranteed Property Solutions, LLC
- Gud Cooking Soul Food Restaurant
- Healing Moon, LLC
- I Can Read of Southern Illinois
- Jackson County Stage Company
- Monte Alegre Vineyard and Cellars
- Presbyterian Child Development Center Preschool
- Pryor Contracting and Development
- RBF Dome NFP
- Shawnee Health Service and Development Corp.
- SIU - Job Training
- SIU - Stormwater
- SIU Board of Trustees - Master Plan
- Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless
- Southern Illinois Collaborative Kitchen, NFP
- Southern Illinois Community Foundation
- Still Woods LLC
- Stress and Trauma Treatment Center
- Survivor Empowerment Center
- The Climate Economy Education Inc. - Shop Local Rewards System
- The Climate Economy Education Inc. - Small business help
- The Golden Path Foundation
- Touch of Nature at SIU
- Varsity Center for the Arts, Inc.
- Victory Dream Center
- WDBX