City council approves request for downtown renovation work

SCEDD estimates that 1/4 of $435,000 CDBF funds used

Windows on the north and east sides of the former Temple Craft building will be replaced soon as part of a Downtown Redevelopment Project approved last week by the Aurora City Council.
Windows on the north and east sides of the former Temple Craft building will be replaced soon as part of a Downtown Redevelopment Project approved last week by the Aurora City Council.

The Aurora City Council approved a request to fund a Downtown Redevelopment Project last week while also learning that the state’s CDBG funding program is set to expire in May with Aurora have only spent approximately one-fourth of the $435,000 available. Lori Ferguson, community consultant with the South Central Economic Development District which is helping administer the CDBG program, informed …