SC: More Than $12 Million Awarded to Improve Communities Across South Carolina

Communities throughout South Carolina are receiving community development grant funds totaling more than $12 million for public improvement projects and vital equipment needs.

This funding comes from the South Carolina Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which biannually awards grants to aid local governments for the purpose of improving economic opportunities and meeting community revitalization needs. The S.C. Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) awards the CDBG funds, which will directly benefit 27 communities, 90,717 residents and total $12,129,450.

Communities receiving Fall 2025 CDBG funding include:

“The money we award through the CDBG program provides for vital needs that communities might not be able to address through other means,” said Secretary of Commerce Harry M. Lightsey III. “These important projects will go a long way to improving the quality of life in these communities and will continue to make South Carolina a great place to live, work and grow a business."

Local governments receiving CDBG funds are required to provide at least a 10% match in funding to complete the projects, and all grants awarded through the program must meet at least one of three objectives:

• Benefit to low- to moderate-income persons.
• Aid in the prevention or elimination of slum and blighted conditions.
• Meet other urgent community needs where existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to public health and welfare and where other financial resources are not readily available to meet such needs.

Grant funds are allocated on an annual basis to South Carolina from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and S.C. Commerce administers the CDBG program on the state's behalf. For additional information on South Carolina's CDBG program, please visit www.cdbgsc.com.