LAHARPE — LaHarpe Mayor Mae Crowell remains optimistic the city will eventually receive grant funding to help pay for upgrades to the city’s electric system.
Crowell spoke Monday, less than a week after LaHarpe learned its application for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant was unsuccessful.
The rejection came with comments from the Kansas Department of Commerce, which administers the federal funds, as well as a rating system to illustrate just how close the city came to being approved. The ratings consider everything from total need, whether local municipalities are willing to match the grant funding, and local efforts to assist with the project in question.