City approves ADC’s request to extend CDBG loan

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More time needed to create LMI jobs

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  • This 250-acre Mission Critical site just east of Highway 14 is where the Aurora Development Corporation is working to recruit new or expanding businesses or industries.
    This 250-acre Mission Critical site just east of Highway 14 is where the Aurora Development Corporation is working to recruit new or expanding businesses or industries.
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City leaders agreed earlier this month to extend the terms of a Community Development Block Grant program, allowing the Aurora Development Corporation two more years to meet job creation requirements tied to a $710,000 grant from the Nebraska Development of Economic Development.
City Administrator Rick Melcher said he was in favor of supporting ADC’s request, based on recent interest from companies looking at re-locating or expanding in the 250-acre Mission Critical site just east of Highway 14 south of Aurora.

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