NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, March 13, at 6 p.m. in the Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments Building Conference Room, 1230 Highmarket St., Georgetown, SC, Georgetown County will hold a public hearing to review program performance and accomplishments conducted under a COVID Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV1) project known as the Georgetown County Pavilion to Enhance Social Distancing (CV1-019), wherein the following activities were undertaken:
- East Bay Park in the City of Georgetown received a new open-air pavilion called the Bobby Alford Pavilion. This pavilion will allow residents of the City of Georgetown to gather in a place that is conducive to social distancing. This project helped the county prepare for, respond to, and prevent coronavirus by providing an open-air environment where people can socially distance. The City of Georgetown, which is the beneficiary of this project, was funded through CDBG Covid funds in the amount of $1,128,701.
This public hearing and the matters to be discussed are subject to the provisions of the Georgetown County Citizen Participation Plan, developed in anticipation of participation in the State of South Carolina's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, providing for the participation of the citizens of Georgetown County in the planning and implementation of community and economic development projects which will involve CDBG funds.
The Citizen Participation Plan and the application are available for review at Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm). Persons with questions or comments concerning the public hearing or the Citizen Participation Plan may contact Clare Nichols, Grant Administrator, Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments, 1230 Highmarket Street, Georgetown, SC 29440 or call (843) 436-6251.
Georgetown County does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its federally assisted programs or activities. Ryan Call, 843-545-4014 has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations.