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Community Development Director Toy Niewiadomski with the city of Sulphur Springs and grant writer Charles Lucas discuss via Zoom a $500,000 block grant he said the city would use to increase downtown accessibility for the disabled. Screen shot/Taylor Nye
$500k block grant would fund sidewalks, ramps
Sulphur Springs downtown area may soon become more accessible for those with disabilities, according to Community Development Cirector Tory Niewiadomski.
The city will be pursuing a $500,000 community development block grant to update sidewalks, mainly along Oak Avenue from the downtown square to the new Senior Activity Center, Niewiadomski stated in an interview with the News-Telegram Tuesday evening.
“A lot of the emphasis of the program… will be filling in gaps around the downtown,” Niewiadomski said.
The city specifically mentioned ramps and crosswalks as well as a goal of the grant.
“We’ll be enhancing the pedestrian network around the downtown area,” Niewiadomski said. “We have some areas where we don’t have any sidewalks at all. … The other benefit is using a low amount of money from the city to perform a lot of this work.”
The city should be notified by early December if they receive the grant, Niewiadomski said.