One distressed coastal county has been selected to receive an economic development grant through the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission.
Gov. Josh Stein’s office announced Friday that $7.2 million would be awarded to 15 counties, $400,000 of which will go to Hertford County to replace the “inadequate and deteriorated” booster pump station that serves the Como area, a small municipality on U.S. 258 near the Virginia line.
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Project activities include installing a new prefabricated unit.to improve service for 32 businesses and 644 households in the surrounding area, which currently experiences routine low pressure and insufficient capacity, according to the release.
Funds are awarded under the State Economic and Infrastructure Development program.
The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission is a federal-state economic development partnership authorized by Congress in 2008 to promote and encourage economic development in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and all of Florida.
The commission invests in projects that support basic infrastructure, business development, natural resource preservation, and workforce development in the 428 counties of the seven-state region.
