Community Partnership $500,000 block grant to renovate former Cape police station delayed
Saturday, September 21, 2019 ~ Updated 6:55 PM
The Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri has yet to receive a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to back its makeover of the city's former police station due to a delay in federal government funding. Erected in 1976, the two-story building at 40 S. Sprigg St. will serve as the social services organization's future headquarters. Community Partnership's executive director Melissa Stickel said the building will provide "badly needed space for all of Community Partnership's services for low-income residents."
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