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Grant Opportunities for Sewer Infrastructure: <br /> The Task Force explored several grant opportunities to fund the sewer improvement for the <br /> Rogers Road Neighborhood. The Task Force was furnished a list of possible grant <br /> opportunities from RENA including the following: <br /> Community Development Block Grants <br /> Department of Health and Human Services <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development <br /> Environmental Protection Agency <br /> Federal Highway Funds <br /> Clean Water Trust Fund <br /> Bernard Allen Fund <br /> These are mostly federal grant opportunities which are administered through the State. After <br /> reviewing all of the grant opportunities the Task Force was able to identify only two possible <br /> grants to fund sewer infrastructure, a Community Development Block Grant or a Clean Water <br /> Trust Fund Grant. <br /> Lastly they contacted Congressman Price's office, and those federal grants are no longer <br /> available. <br /> Michael Talbert said that there is no grant money that the County would qualify for at this time. <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: <br /> The second assignment of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to <br /> investigate the possibility of providing a Neighborhood Community Center to the Historic <br /> Rogers Road Neighborhood. <br /> Hogan-Rogers House: <br /> The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill compiled a report on the historic Hogan-Rogers House <br /> as a potential Neighborhood Community Center for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood, <br /> The St. Paul A.M.E. Church has purchased the Hogan-Rogers House and property <br /> surrounding it in order to build a new church complex on the site. Plans call for removal and/or <br /> demolition of this historic house as early as 2013. The Preservation Society began working <br /> with the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, St. Paul Church, and Habitat for <br /> Humanity to relocate and restore this home that holds over 170 years of history for Chapel <br /> Hill's white and black community. Currently, the house is listed on the North Carolina State <br /> Historic Preservation survey conducted in 1999. <br /> Habitat for Humanity has graciously indicated its support by donating two lots to relocate the <br /> home. The historic home would have to renovated and used as a center for neighborhood <br /> programs and activities. Habitat's support for the home's relocation and restoration is <br /> contingent on a commitment of funding allocated to the Rogers Road Neighborhood to <br /> complete the project. <br />