TUSCUMBIA — The Colbert County Commission has been awarded a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant that will be used to develop a new Emergency Management Agency headquarters and 911 dispatch center.
The grant and others distributed by Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday are the remainder of funds left over from earlier grants awarded as part of $40 million in CDBG funds allocated to the state under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) act.