MARQUETTE, MI-- The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved two Upper Peninsula community revitalization projects to help drive the state’s economic recovery.
The City of Ishpeming will receive $1.8 million in Community Development Block Grant funds for the Senior Center Public Facilities project. It includes construction of a new senior center and demolition of the old one.
The Greater Ishpeming Commission on Aging and the city will provide more than
$207,000 for the project.
And a $490,000 block grant was approved for the Senior Center Public Facilities project in Negaunee. It will allow the city to continue to provide services to seniors who live in Negaunee and surrounding communities.
The city will contribute $52,000 in local funds toward the project.
