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GT County Commissioners Select ARPA Recipients

By Beth Milligan | Dec. 21, 2022

Grand Traverse County commissioners voted Wednesday to allocate the county's nearly $18.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding in a marathon meeting that lasted nearly four hours. The grants represent a wide range of nonprofit, infrastructure, government, housing, parks and recreation, and health and human service projects - from lead service line replacements and workforce housing to childcare centers and emergency service upgrades. The largest allocation, $5 million, will go toward mental health services/infrastructure in the region. That could include a proposed new local mental wellness center, but commissioners left the exact projects in that category to be determined by a future board.

The list of grant recipients chosen for Grand Traverse County ARPA funding are as follows:

> $5 million for Mental Health Services/Infrastructure: Specific projects to be determined at a future date
> $3 million for Grand Traverse County: Specific projects to be determined at a future date
> $2 million for East Bay Township: Sanitary Sewer Force Main Replacement/Pump Station 1
> $1.5 million for Wallick Communities: Traverse Workforce Housing
> $937,500 for the Village of Kingsley: Lead Service Line Replacement Project
> $700,000 for Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center: Child Abuse Trauma Therapy Services
> $604,700 for Mt. Holiday: Campus Infrastructure Investment 2023
> $512,500 for National Alliance on Mental Illness Grand Traverse: NAMI Grand Traverse Mental Health Programming and Services
> $500,000 for Legacy Aviation Learning Center: Give Wings to Grand Traverse
> $400,000 for Garfield Township: Garfield Township/Long Lake Township Water Service Collaboration
> $400,000 for Goodwill Northern Michigan: Station Street Housing
> $325,000 for Michael's Place: Bridging the Gaps for Grieving Families, Schools, and Communities
> $300,000 for Grand Traverse Industries: GTI Empower Employee Project
> $285,000 for Garfield Township: Francisco's Sanitary Sewer Service
> $256,515 for Grand Traverse Pavilions: Skilled Nursing Facility Air Quality Infection-Control Grant
> $235,000 for Pine Grove Church: Strong Foundation Childcare Center
> $225,000 for Blair Township: Water Supply and Treatment Upgrades
> $150,000 for Grant Township: Zue Road Project
> $150,000 for Northwest Michigan Health Services: TC West Middle Child and Adolescent Health Center
> $125,621 for Grand Traverse County: ARPA Administration Oversight/Consultant Fees
> $108,700 for Generations Ahead: Generations Ahead Outreach and Expansion of Mental Health Services
> $95,917 for Whitewater Township: Lossie Natural Trail Wetlands Mitigation and Improvement
> $75,000 for Fife Lake Township: Emergency Services Roof Replacement Project
> $75,000 for Green Lake Township: Memorial Park Pickleball Court Build Project
> $41,800 for Grand Traverse Metro Emergency Services Authority: Decontamination Upgrade
> $35,000 for East Bay Township: EMS Echo Unit
> $20,000 for Acme Christian Thrift Store & Food Pantry: ACTS Food Pantry
> $10,000 for Kingsley United Methodist Church: Kingsley UMC Feeding Programs
> $10,000 for Traverse City Area Public Schools: Peer-to-Peer Programming for Youth Mental Health
> $3,000 for Slabtown Neighborhood Association: Slabtown Neighborhood Park Signage

Full details on each project are available on the county's ARPA website.

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