DES MOINES – Iowa Democrat 3rd District Representative Cindy Axne’s office, today (Thursday), said nearly $10.2-million that will go toward nine community projects in Iowa’s Third District, was included in the government funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Axne submitted her request for funding for the community projects to the House Appropriations Committee in April of 2021 and joined a bipartisan majority of her colleagues in voting to fund the projects this week.

Axne said “There’s no better feeling than to be able to deliver the money that communities all across Iowa’s Third District specifically requested. This money is going to be used to rebuild bridges, to expand childcare centers and affordable housing projects, and so much more. I’m so glad to know that these projects, which will help the Third District tremendously, will finally come to fruition.”

Locally, among the nine projects that will receive funding is:

• Expansion of the Stanton Child Resource Center ($1-million)
• The expansion of affordable housing options in Council Bluffs, Iowa by supporting the construction of more than 75 affordable units at the South End Housing Development Program ($904, 336).
• Expanded programming and the adding of facility at the Ringgold Child Care Center, in Mt. Ayr. $725,336).
• and the repair and upgrade of components at the Creston Waterworks, in Creston ($600,000).

Under guidance issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative could request funding for up to 10 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2022. Projects were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive funding. Last year, Rep. Axne solicited input from community members across central and southwest Iowa to identify funding opportunities that would qualify for inclusion in this year’s funding bills.