{"id":13823,"date":"2024-02-29T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=13823"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:13:39","slug":"sidewalk-decatur-has-a-cost-share-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/sidewalk-decatur-has-a-cost-share-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewalk? Decatur has a cost-share program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Decatur recently announced this year&#8217;s recipients of facade grants in which the city will match, up to $10,000, a businesses&#8217; spending to upgrade its facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city has a similar 50\/50 plan for sidewalk improvements, Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert noted at the latest meeting of city council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/C072AD2A43594BC388CF19427A2AAE4C.jpg?resize=635%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/C072AD2A43594BC388CF19427A2AAE4C.jpg?w=635&amp;ssl=1 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/C072AD2A43594BC388CF19427A2AAE4C.jpg?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert said anyone interested should contact him by calling the public works department on Elm St., 724-3356.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Dan Rickord added, \u201cIf you need a sidewalk done, let us know. You basically can do it for half-price.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city annually puts $50,000 into the sidewalk program. Under it, a property owner \u2013 once approved \u2013 pays half the cost of installing a new sidewalk or repairing a current one and the city picks up the other 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the program was changed. Under the new format, a property owner can pay 25% of the cost of installation, with the city covering the remaining 75%. Then the property owner has one year to pay his\/her remaining 25% to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payment plan, however, covers only residential areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to target the residential areas,\u201d Building\/Zoning Superintendent Curt Witte said at the time of the change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The City of Decatur recently announced this year&#8217;s recipients of facade grants in which<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-13823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}