February 19, 2016 [Nick Blizzard, Dayton Daily News]
Montgomery County officials are waiting to hear how much of the $97.6 million Ohio is being allotted to fight blight will be available to area neighborhoods.
The amount may be finalized next week, but they expect it to be near the $5.9 million distributed locally in 2013, when the state was awarded about $60 million for a similar program, said Mike Grauwelman, executive director of the Montgomery County Land Reutilization Corp.
“I think it’s a fair indicator to look at that and have our expectations at that level — around that $6 million mark,” he said Friday after $2 billion in federal aid was announced.