Sutherland, Iowa — The City of Sutherland is one of twelve small, rural Iowa communities to receive grants to help demolish or renovate abandoned structures, remove asbestos and limit construction and demolition materials going to landfills.
According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the City of Sutherland was awarded a grant in the amount of $43,250 to deconstruct an abandoned commercial building. The city plans to build a new health clinic to serve the residents of Sutherland and the surrounding communities.
The other grant recipients this time around include the cities of Albion, Brooklyn, Clarksville, Earlville, Ida Grove, Middletown, Ruthven, Ryan, and Toledo, along with the counties of Davis, and Jones. The twelve projects are receiving a total of $399,989 in grants.
Since the first round of funding in 2011, the program has diverted more than 48,000 tons of construction and demolition materials from state landfills, removed more than 1,000 tons of asbestos-containing materials and saved participating communities more than $1.6 million in landfill disposal costs. Several towns have added additional commercial business, expanded fire and emergency management resources, and improved public health and budgetary concerns by removing or renovating old abandoned buildings.
For more information about the grant program, application forms and resources, visit the Iowa DNR website.
