Blackduck Water System

Faced with an inadequate, deteriorated water treatment plan, insufficient water storage, and several dead-end water mains, the City of Blackduck has implemented a project designed to deal with all of these issues.  The City secured a combination grant/loan from USDA Rural Development and increased user fees to retire the debt.  The City also received a $253,000 grant from the Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Small Cities Development Program (SCDP).  The HRDC administered the SCDP grant for the City.  The project has been completed and the grant successfully closed out.

Beltrami County Housing Rehabilitation

Beltrami County was awarded a $465,000 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to rehabilitate 20 substandard housing units occupied by low and moderate income households.  Program funds were targeted to Birch, Hines, Summit, and Taylor townships, and the City of Tenstrike.  Rehabilitation activities were focused on the improvement of inadequate septic systems in addition to structural deficiencies of the units.  SCDP funds were supplemented by $90,000 in other resources.  The project was completed in 2004.  Bi-County CAP administered the program for the County.