By Austin Counts / Nogales International
NOGALES, AZ - U.S. housing officials have awarded the largest competitive grant Nogales Community Development has ever received to help it begin renovating a historic downtown Nogales property.
Mercedes Marquez, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced at a ceremony Thursday on Morley Avenue that Nogales Community Development (NCD) would be receiving a $2-million Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive Grant to renovate the Foxworth-Galbraith Building at 250 N. Grand Ave.
She said the grant shows the commitment the federal government has to the region.
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