Huachuca City holds public hearing on $516,000 in expected CDBG funds, seeks resident project ideas

Mayor Johann R. Wallace opened a public hearing March 21 seeking resident input on how the Town of Huachuca City should use roughly $516,000 in expected FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Arizona Department of Housing. William Osborne of the Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization (SEAGO) reviewed funding streams, noting a regional account allocation for rural counties, a Colonias set‑aside, and a State Special Projects (SSP) pool for planning or projects that become available after earlier projects fail to proceed.

Osborne told the council that most applications must be “shovel ready” — with design and environmental review completed — and stressed that the regional account award is typically a single primary project for the town in any given cycle. He said the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) evaluates projects by national objective (at least 51% low/moderate beneficiaries) and by readiness. “It is one project,” Osborne said, describing how SEAGO supports application preparation and ongoing communication with ADOH. The hearing record will form the list of candidate projects the council may later place in a resolution for submission.