Huntington City Council Chairwoman Holly Smith Mount has distributed a portion of her designation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to an Eagle Scout project that has a goal of planting more trees in downtown Huntington and a neighborhood association that will upgrade a community green space.
Mount presented Joseph Farrell with a $5,000 check, made payable to the nonprofit Waterwork Foundation, and the Gallaher Village Neighborhood Association with a $15,000 check on Monday, Aug. 22.
Farrell, a 16-year-old sophomore at Huntington High School who is working toward his Eagle Scout rank with Troop 12, which is based at First Presbyterian Church, will work with the City of Huntington’s Urban Forestry Advisory Committee to plant trees in the downtown’s central business district this fall.
The Gallaher Village Neighborhood Association has worked on upgrading and offering more community activities at Gallaher Village Square, located on Norway Avenue in front of the Cabell County 911 Center, in recent years. The neighborhood association’s ARPA contribution will go toward features that will provide more shade, additional seating, activities for children and the pouring of a concrete pad.
The City of Huntington received $40,628,967 in ARPA funds in 2021. The funding is meant to help communities across the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each of Huntington City Council’s 11 representatives was designated with $100,000 in ARPA funds to distribute to community projects that qualify under the guidelines of the American Rescue Plan Act. Mount is the first City Council member to announce a disbursement of ARPA funds.
Funding announcements for more community projects will be announced by City Council members in the coming weeks and months.
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