{"id":1487214,"date":"2026-03-11T03:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1487214"},"modified":"2026-03-13T02:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:44:30","slug":"250k-in-funding-for-city-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1487214","title":{"rendered":"$250k in funding for city improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1487216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>LONGVIEW \u2014 The City of Longview is proposing to allocate $250,000 in federal funding to resurface Park Street and expand its first-time homebuyer program. The city will have $100,000 to provide additional \u2018First-Time Homebuyer Down Payment\u2019 assistance grants. The first-time homebuyer program provides financial assistance to eligible low-income homebuyers on a one-time, grant-based basis. Qualified applicants may receive up to $5,500, depending on household income.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment will also reallocate $150,000 for a resurfacing project and street overlay along Park Street.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Longview will live-stream the meeting on Facebook on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about the proposal or providing feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 The City of Longview is proposing to allocate $250,000 in federal funding to resurface Park Street and expand its first-time homebuyer program. The city will have $100,000 to provide additional \u2018First-Time Homebuyer Down Payment\u2019 assistance grants. The first-time homebuyer program provides financial assistance to eligible low-income homebuyers on a one-time, grant-based basis. Qualified &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1487214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$250k in funding for city improvements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1487498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 20:56:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11_034747-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487214"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487797,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487214\/revisions\/1487797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}