Recent auditing also discovered more than $1 million in unspent community development funds.
Through Nassau County, the project is to receive $81,000 in Federal community development funds and rental subsidies.
Of the total community development funds, whites, representing 9.3percentt of the population, received 33percentt.
The County Executive said that the community development funds will support new recreation, business and health services for the elderly.
An additional $942 million was cut from community development funds, shared by 1,200 cities and towns around the country.
That might be relatively small change, but while community development funds rarely make huge cash infusions, they often bring in other investors willing to put up considerably more.
His program would be in line for help — a steady revenue stream — from the community development fund that would grow from the cannabis tax.
More than $375,000 of its $500,000 budget has been raised, including a $200,000 grant from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, $100,000 from the State Office of Policy and Management and $27,000 from the town's community development fund.
The city initially thought the federal government would provide the money, but when Washington declined, the City Council decided in late March that it had no choice but to devote $2.9 million in community development funds to hire outside planning experts.
The group wants local residents to claim well-paying trade union jobs during construction and has proposed that the Penguins contribute $1 for cars parked in their lots and garages to a community development fund for Hill residents.
