Henry Commissioners Get Money For Courthouse Project

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers had hoped that sev­eral ongo­ing con­struc­tion projects at the his­toric cour­t­house in Napoleon would qual­ify for grant fund­ing.

They got some good news Wednes­day.

The com­mis­sion­ers learned their pro­posed project to replace the ele­va­tor in the cour­t­house would qual­ify for using revolv­ing loan funds and micro-enterprise dol­lars. An appli­ca­tion now will be filed with the state for those funds.

Com­mis­sion­ers learned though, that costs nec­es­sary to repair the exte­rior stone on the cour­t­house would not qual­ify for the grant pro­grams. The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers will be prepar­ing bid specs to replace the ele­va­tor soon, while the stone repairs will now have to come from gen­eral fund.