Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured funding for fourteen South Sound community projects that will increase affordable housing, boost public safety, enhance regional infrastructure and transit, and support our local food banks. The government funding package was signed into law earlier today.
“I’m pleased to help deliver these projects that will uplift local communities across the South Sound. They create local jobs, improve public safety, enhance several roads and water infrastructure, address hunger, expand access to public transit, and build more affordable housing,” said Strickland. “Community Project Funding helps make the South Sound a more safe and secure place to live and work.”
The fourteen FY24 Community Project Funding (CPF) grants receiving funding are:
- Bonney Lake Food Bank (Good Roots) – Market Fresh Lockers Expansion for District 10
- City of Lacey – College Street Corridor Safety Improvements
- City of Tacoma – Shelter Expansion and Site Preparation
- City of University Place – Chambers Bay Access to Opportunity Project
- Homes First – O’Farrell Senior Co-Housing
- Lakewood Water District – PFAS Mitigation Wells Project
- Living Access Support Alliance – Campus Project
- Pierce County – Sprinker Community Recreation Center Building Renovations
- Pierce Transit – System-Wide Bus Shelters Modernization and Related Passenger Amenities Upgrade
- Public Utility District No. 1 of Thurston County – Water Mainline Relocation – Green Cove Creek Culvert
- South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity – 3900 Boulevard Project
- Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity – Pierce County Housing Authority Rehabs
- Tacoma Police Department – Alternative Response Strategies to Improve Public Safety
- Thurston County Food Bank – Lacey Community Hub Development
House Democrats fought and were successfully able to remove several extreme MAGA Republican policies from the federal funding bills. Instead, the final bipartisan 2024 funding bills will help keep our communities safe, improve infrastructure, and boost our economy.
Learn more about each of the 14 CPF projects and other Strickland priorities that were included in the FY24 Congress-passed appropriations package here.
U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. She is whip for the Congressional Black Caucus, a member of the New Democrat Coalition, and one of the first Korean-American women elected to Congress.
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