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Paving becomes the quickest way to use up unspent pandemic aid.
With three months of the year remaining, the city may pour its remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding onto the streets.
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Use it or lose it: unspent public money
Pandemic aid, block grants, and dormant capital funds the city has to spend before they expire or disappear.
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City planning to send expiring pandemic relief dollars to food banks.
As the expiration deadline for federal grants looms, the city continues its efforts to spend balances.
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Council member trying to protect Bloomfield Pool from sinking.
Council Member Deb Gross of Highland Park has asked the budget office to scour the city’s books to search for unspent money for city projects.
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The city releases its plans for block grant money.
A bevy of social service and community groups across the city are set to receive more than $4 million from the city’s Community Development Block Grant funding.
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Use it or lose it: unspent public moneyPittsburgh City Council