(MSC News)--Two local communities are among twenty-three Kansas cities that have been awarded a total of more than $11 million in federal grants for a variety of community improvement projects.

The Kansas Department of Commerce has announced that Troy and Frankfort are among the Community Development Block Grant program recipients.

The city of Troy will receive a $600,000 grant to complete an electrical improvements project in the city.  The city will contribute more than $685,000 in matching funds.

The city of Frankfort will receive a nearly $266,000 grant to complete a street project in the city.  USDA Rural Development will contribute nearly $266,000 in matching funds.

The CDBG program, administered by the state Department of Commerce, provides federal funds to local governments for the development of viable communities by addressing their housing, public facilities and economic development needs.