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County seeks grant for EMS station, fire hall
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This Centertown Fire Department building could be renovated and expanded into an ambulance station and fire hall if a Community Development Block Grant totaling $315,000 can be obtained to fund construction.
The county is moving to obtain a Community Development Block Grant totaling $315,000 for constructing a new EMS station/ fire hall by Warren County Memorial Airport.Financial Management Committee and Budget and Finance Committee members met Thursday to consider the measure. Both committees unanimously approved applying for the grant. Commissioner Michael Martin was absent.Budget and Finance Committee chairman Terry Bell says the grant is going through Centertown with Warren County offering the match for the grant if it is obtained.“This is a grant for an ambulance and fire station at the airport,” said Bell.