City awards downtown improvement grants

by Mary Coblentz
The Wellman City Council Monday approved six of seven downtown improvement grants. The grants, which are for $2,500, will be matched by the grant recipients.
Recipients are:

• Kalonial Lawn Care
  The grant will be used for putting in an overhead door on the east end of the building, facing south; installing new insulated windows on the east side, and putting a sign on the front of the building;
• Buckwalter Motors
  The grant will be used to re-roof the building. There will be additional insulation as well;
• Thrapp Electric
  The grant will be used for redoing the roof;
• Wellman Heritage Society
  The grant will be used to make the front entrance more accessible, with an entrance similar to Hills Bank and the Goodwin Center in downtown Wellman;
• Mike Miller
  He will be putting up a new building; and
• Southeast Iowa Family Practice
  New signs directing people to a medical clinic will be installed. The signs will not specify the name of the clinic.

Another grant application was not approved because the work has already been done. The grant application specifies that the work not be done prior to grant approval. City Administrator Dave Ross will contact the business to see if they are planning any additional work the grant could be used for.