CENTERVILLE —
From the outside, it looks like any other common business on any other common street, but from the inside, the true nature of Chariton Valley Planning&Development is exposed.
Chariton Valley Planning&Development, one of the many councils of government in Iowa, is responsible for assisting local governments obtaining grant and loan money in order to improve the communities. A council of government, also known as a COG, is a government agency that runs as a conduit between local governments and federal money. A COG is also responsible for making sure local governments follow the necessary guidelines that are attached to federal and state money.
Nichole Moore, the newly appointed executive director of CVP&D, oversees the daily operations of the council of governments. She also writes grants, runs the administration of programs, is responsible for the financials, seeks new opportunities for communities and oversees all programs.
“We look at it four-county-wide. Our office is in Centerville, but not all our projects are in Centerville,” says Moore.
CVP&D is responsible for the communities in Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe and Wayne counties, as well as other extended areas.
Currently, there are several projects Chariton Valley Planning&Development is working on. One is the Community Development Block Grants, funded through the Iowa Economic Development Authority, where grants are allocated to better certain aspects of the community, such as sewer, housing and community facilities. There are two sewer projects in Seymour and Moulton. In Seymour there is also housing rehabilitation, which is a program with the block grants that rehabilitates homes for low to moderate income families in order to meet the minimum housing standards.
In the future, CVP&D plans on writing more grants for housing in Seymour, and hopefully get grants for Moulton and Centerville.
Another project CVP&D is working on is bridge rehabilitation, wooden crosstie work and rail replacement. Through the Federal Highway Administration, the Appanoose County Community Railroad received money for this work.
In Wayne County, a project Chariton Valley Planning&Development is working on is hazard mitigation, which allows the county to help itself to prevent disasters, or in the case of a disaster, to help itself be prepared.
Another project is transportation planning with seven local counties, two transit agencies and Centerville.
“Transportation planning,” explains Moore, “works with our counties in receiving federal allocations for bridge replacement, highway needs and transit needs.”
Julie Pribyl, the new program support specialist, is responsible for grant administration, researching and preparing documents, and for implementing these different programs and projects Chariton Valley Planning&Development take on.
“Through the programs that we either administered or created, they provide job creation and economic development. The plans we write open up other state and federally funded opportunities for communities,” says Moore.
CVP&D currently has two boards. The Policy Board oversees the operation of the agency and contains one elected official from each county. Dean Kaster is Appanoose County’s official, Monroe County has Dennis Ryan, Larry Davis and John Hamilton, the only public member, are the officials for Lucas County, and Bill Alley of Wayne County make up the Policy Board. The second board, the Community Advisory Board, is not fully developed as it was born in July. In the future, members from the counties and cities will hold the positions and they will help identify project needs and concerns and other possible projects for the future.
Both Nichole Moore and Julie Pribyl are adamant that CVP&D is not based on the individual, but that the local communities are contributors and recipients.
“The service is through the communities,” says Moore. “It’s not on an individual basis. It’s through local governments and community sponsorship…I guess we just provide a better avenue to assist communities in projects.”
Moore estimates that the Chariton Valley area has received over $7 million in funding for development.
For more information on Chariton Valley Planning&Development, its people, or its projects, attend a public meeting, held the third Thursday of every month, call 641-437-4359, or visit the website at www.charitonvalleyplanning.com.
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Pictured are Julie Pribyl, program support specialist and Nichole Moore, executive director of Chariton Valley Planning & Development, located in Centerville. Photo by Bailey Poolman/Correspondent
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