2024 Community Project Funding Requests
The deadline to submit CPF requests has passed for Fiscal Year 2024. Please revisit this website page starting in February 2024 to submit a CPF request for Fiscal Year 2025. Already Submitted Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding Requests on Behalf of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District.
Below you will find the projects that we selected for FY2024. Per House Rules, here are the submitted requests to the appropriate subcommittees in no particular order:
Applicant: Lincoln Heights Multi-Purpose Community Center Construction
34 Lincoln Street Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina 27870
Requested Amount: $950,000
Purpose: The funding would be used to construct a new community center for the Lincoln Heights community, located adjacent to the City of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in Halifax County. The building will consist of approximately 3,700 square feet of multi-purpose space and an in-door multi-purpose gymnasium. The Lincoln Heights community is comprised of approximately 200 minority, low-income households. The population is made up of primarily elderly residents and female head-of-households with school-age children.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Regency & Essex Sewer Extension in Nashville, North Carolina
499 S. Barnes Street Nashville, North Carolina 27856
Requested Amount: $1,293,247
Purpose: This project will provide sanitary sewer service to 45 residents within the First Congressional District whose 50-year-old septic systems are or near failing. The septic systems cannot be replaced because their lots are not suitable to contain a septic system by today’s standards and are not large enough to construct a replacement septic system. Without a sewer collection system, these residents are in jeopardy of having their homes condemned. The funding will build a sanitary sewer collection system in unserved portions of the Regency Estates and Essex Road subdivisions.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Robersonville Meter Replacement in Robersonville, North Carolina
109 South Main Street Robersonville, North Carolina 27871
Requested Amount: $962,598
Purpose: The funding will replace all the outdated meters in service. The project replaces 971 residential and 36 larger meters and installs four meters on unmetered connections. This project will allow the Town to correctly allocate the cost of water to the customers using that water. In addition, it will increase Robersonville's water system revenue and improve its financial position.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Roper Fire Department in Roper, North Carolina
410 NC-32 N Roper, North Carolina 27970
Requested Amount: $720,000
Purpose: The funding will purchase a new fire truck and equipment for that truck to replace one of the 20-year-old trucks currently being used. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because the fire department serves the Town of Roper, which has a population of 485 and is .86 square miles in size, and it serves the township of Lee’s Mill, which has a population of 2025 and is 79.71 square miles in size. Thus, Washington County at-large has a limited funding revenue from the limited tax base of its citizens. In addition to their fire district, they serve automatic mutual aid to four other fire departments: Plymouth, Pungo River, Lake Phelps, and Mid-County.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Spaulding Family Resource Center in Spring Hope, North Carolina
600 South Pine Street Spring Hope, North Carolina 27882
Requested Amount: $1,300,000
Purpose: The funding will restore and renovate the historic Spaulding School Building to provide a venue that includes community classroom spaces, a computer lab space, a public library space, public meeting spaces for senior citizens and children, and administrative offices for staff and collaborators. In addition, a portion of the requested funds provides for installing an HVAC system for the historic barrel-roof gymnasium used for wellness programs and youth activities. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it benefits the Spring Hope community and most of southern Nash County. The Spaulding Family Resource Center serves seniors, children, and local underprivileged communities.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Water Plant Improvement Project in Pasquotank County, North Carolina
206 E. Main Street Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
Requested Amount: $4,655,000
Purpose: The funding will expand Pasquotank County's Reverse Osmosis Water Plant. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it would expand clean water production in Pasquotank County from 2 million to 3 million gallons a day and contribute to the local economy by purchasing Reverse Osmosis Water produced by the county.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Emergency Communications Tower Project in Henderson, North Carolina
34 Rose Avenue Henderson, North Carolina 27536
Requested Amount: $2,175,000
Purpose: The 395-foot self-supporting tower will allow emergency responders to have reliable interoperable communications in buildings and difficult terrain over nearly 100 sq. miles addressing definitive life safety issues. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it is apolitical and solely about hard infrastructure to help first responders. Without real-time communications capabilities, first responders are at a disadvantage in an impoverished area with spiking crime rates.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Police Technology and Equipment Enhancements Project in Ayden, North Carolina
4144 West Avenue P.O. Box 219 Ayden, North Carolina 28513
Requested Amount: $1,394,000
Purpose: The Town of Ayden requests to improve modern law enforcement technology and equipment upgrades, along with updates to its police cruiser fleet to better serve and protect our citizens, especially those in underserved areas. Top priorities for funds are the technology and equipment upgrades, which would improve processing speeds for law enforcement investigating crimes, followed by funds for a new fleet of police cruisers to replace aging vehicles. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it would improve public safety in a high crime area and bring jobs and businesses back to the community.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Surveillance Equipment Project in Plymouth, North Carolina
124 E. Water Street Plymouth, North Carolina 27839
Requested Amount: $325,000
Purpose: The Town of Plymouth would use $325,000 to purchase and install surveillance equipment to reduce escalating violent crime, including assaults, as well as property crime and organized drug activity. The initiative would directly support coordinated regional crime reduction. In recent years, homicides in Plymouth and the surrounding area have increased, along with burglary and other crimes targeting law enforcement and private citizens. Federal funds could expedite investigations to ensure swift prosecution for heinous crimes.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Detention Center Body Scanner Project in Halifax, North Carolina
10 N. King Street Halifax, North Carolina 27839
Requested Amount: $225,000
Purpose: The Scanner would make it more difficult for inmates to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the facility. Further, body scanners provide a more thorough and less-intrusive sweep of inmates, supplementing the regular hands-on and strip-styled searches of inmates upon entry to the detention center. The primary project impacts are the privacy afforded to inmates in the body search process, the safety provided to both inmates and detention center staff, and the efficiency and elimination of human error during the body search process. Recent years have been especially difficult for law enforcement. It is already challenging to attract and retain law enforcement officers in rural communities, especially to serve in detention facilities. Halifax County’s goal is to continue working to improve detention center conditions and processes for their law enforcement officers' health, well-being, and safety. This project would greatly aid the County in attaining that goal.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Project in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
305 E. Main Street Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
Requested Amount: $440,000
Purpose: The Elizabeth City Police Department (ECPD) would use $440,000 for a Violent Crime Reduction Initiative, which would deploy and pilot law enforcement technologies, including a Regional Ballistics Processing Center for the regional processing of ballistic evidence. This is a good use of taxpayer funds because the project will fund investigative technologies that will combat rising violent crime in the greater region and deploy innovative technologies to eliminate inefficiencies in violent crime response and investigation. It will do so by purchasing a NIBIN processing system for shell casings. The ECPD will spearhead the establishment of NIBIN and a Regional Ballistics Processing Center to assist law enforcement agencies throughout eastern North Carolina. This will eliminate costly and unnecessary travel to Raleigh that takes officers off patrol and compounds the strain on understaffed departments. It will also facilitate faster investigations and arrests for gun crimes, taking dangerous people off our streets faster.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Police Department Equipment and Technology Project in Greenville, North Carolina
500 S. Greene Street Greenville, North Carolina 27834
Requested Amount: $1,400,000
Purpose: The requested funding of $1,400,000 for 220 new body-worn cameras, 80 in-car cameras, and technology would support the cameras and maintain data storage on behalf of the Greenville Police Department. In 2009, the department began using the “first generation” release of body-worn cameras to record interactions between the police department and the citizens they serve. Currently, all recordings are maintained on “in-house” servers. Self-storage, coupled with the inability to provide a link for a partner/recipient to view, creates an excessive workflow that requires manually making copies (cd’s) and using printed documents, resulting in delayed justice for crime victims. This project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because maintaining the growing amount of video and still images have necessitated routinely purchasing additional storage capacity to add to the servers. Coupled with the concern surrounding losing data should a breach occur speaks to the importance of having data backed up on the cloud. Given the significant advances in technology and the methods of storing and sharing data, the Greenville Police Department’s equipment and technology are obsolete.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Shipyard Acquisition Project in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
306 E. Colonial Avenue Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
Requested Amount: $400,000
Purpose: Elizabeth City’s intent following acquisition is to seek remediation funds, such as through Brownfield grants, and then pursue public-private partnerships to restore the property to productive use. This approach will also ensure the Shipyard’s redevelopment is done in harmony with surrounding properties and community initiatives. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because the proposed acquisition of the Elizabeth City Shipyard is critical to restore a major waterfront property to productive use that will create direct and indirect jobs. The property’s size (3.2 acres) and water-frontage (900-plus linear feet) create possibilities for various forms of commercial activity and waterfront access. It is also strategically located at the southeastern edge of the City’s downtown waterfront, making it highly visible from the water. It is adjacent to the City’s growing waterfront corridor, known as Water Street.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Boardwalk Repairs and Maintenance Project in Columbia, North Carolina
103 Main Street, PO Box 361 Columbia, North Carolina 27925
Requested Amount: $400,000
Purpose: The project will refurbish a 20-year-old boardwalk and continue to serve the public. The boardwalk with graphics will educate and entertain hikers and other users. Tyrrell County has the greatest diversity of reptiles and amphibians in North Carolina. Small animals abound, and deer and bears also inhibit the woodland/swampland that this trail crosses. The need to refurbish/reconstruct this boardwalk is due to 20-plus years of exposure to the elements, including hurricanes. This project benefits educational and economic development in one of North Carolina’s poorest counties. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it is on public property and will benefit a Tier 1 economically depressed community. With a county-wide population of 4,200 persons, any efforts to develop and support eco-tourism is a major accomplishment and driver in increasing the community's and region's economic development.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.
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Applicant: Street Repaving Project in Grimesland, North Carolina
7592 Pitt Street Grimesland, North Carolina 27837
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Purpose: The funding would be used for the street repaving of a large section of essential roads for the Town of Grimesland, North Carolina. 100% of funds will be allocated for the street repaving project. Roughly twenty-two streets (3.31 miles) of in-town streets will be repaved along with dirt and gravel roads and alleyways. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because this would be for the safety of the residents and the thousands of commuters who pass through our town daily, as well as further developing the economic footprint of the town by providing better roads for all drivers to travel on and encouraging commerce across the community. Newer and safer roads also benefit EMS, Fire, and all Emergency Services going through our town.
For the Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter, click HERE.