New grant program offers big money for transformational change in Appalachian Ohio
By: David Forster
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Half a billion dollars has a way of getting people’s attention.
Representatives from local governments, nonprofit groups and other community organizations packed a large room for a recent presentation in Athens on how to get some of this money.
The funds are being distributed through the Appalachian Community Grant Program. The state created the program with $500 million in federal Covid relief funds.
“It’s hugely exciting,” said Nick Tepe, director of the Athens County public library system. “This is a historic amount of funding that’s being put into the Appalachian counties in Ohio.”
Tepe attended the recent information…
