SALISBURY – An $806,000 grant is expected to benefit the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center.
On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council voted unanimously to accept a grant award of $806,937 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Officials say the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism will use the funds to cover expenses incurred at the civic center during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a memo, Finance Director Pam Oland noted the $806,000 grant was similar to a $1,613,874 award the county accepted from the SBA earlier this year. To that end, the administration came before the council this week seeking acceptance of the second grant award.
“On August 17, 2021, the County Council approved resolution 95-2021 which allowed the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center to accept a grant in the amount of $1,613,874 from the U.S. Small Business Administration for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG),” she wrote. “Since that time, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approached the County and offered a supplemental award of up to $806,937.08 to be spent in the same manner as the first grant and to allow expenditure of the funds through June 30, 2022 versus December 31, 2021.”
The acceptance of grant funding from the SBA comes more than a year after the county had to transfer $530,000 to cover a shortfall in the civic center’s budget.
If the Deadbeat county Ran the place right & had CONCERTS it would have Plenty of $$$$$ !!!! DUGH
Got the Beer License approval years ago , so what happened to ALL the Business ???????
Deadbeat county govt !!!!!
You Don’t make $$$ when it sits EMPTY most of the time with No $$$ making Events > DUGH !!!