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BEDFORD – It was announced at the Bedford Board of Works and Safety meeting on Tuesday that the set is set to receive a $100,000 matching grant from Regional Opportunities Initiative through the groups Ready Communities 2.0 program.
The funds will be utilized to refurbish the city’s aging Welcome to Bedford sign placed on State Road 37, which has been around since the 1970s, as well as to install the Land of Limestone exhibit at StoneGate Arts and Education Center.
According to Bedford Mayor Sam Craig, the city has been notified that they will be awarded the grant, but they were not provided paperwork in time for Tuesday’s meeting, so no motion was presented to accept the award. Instead, Craig said acceptance will either come at a special session yet to be scheduled or the board’s regularly scheduled meeting next month.
