(KLZA)-- A Community Revitalizaion Grant has been awarded to the Mound City Downtown Restoration and Revitalization Inc. group in an maount of $1,075,596.

The Mound City News reports the grant, funded throug the Missouri Department of Economic Developoment will be used for historic district redevelopment in Mound City.

The local organization is under the direcitonof Juli Crenshaw of Big Lake, Karma Metzgar of Mound Ciyt nad alex Callow of Kansas Ciyt, who owns business property in Mound City.

The money are American Rescue Plan Act funds that are to help revitalize northern Missouri communities.

This was the second round of grants which included six grants in the northern Missouri Region totaling more than $3.7 million.