The City of Grayville, like many other cities in Illinois are trying to attract new residents to their community. During the city council meeting on Monday, the City laid out their idea of how they see it happening.
Mayor Thompson said that the model Grayville is looking at is based off of Dubois County, Indiana.
Dubois Strong is administering the grant in the county in partnership with Radius Indiana.. Regionally, the grant is administered by the Make My Move / Choose Southern Indiana Initiative with TMap. The group awards $5,000 in grants to out of state workers who choose to move to the Dubois County area. Grant recipients as a condition of the grant are required to stay in the Dubois County area for 2 years.
Mayor Thompson says that the program in Grayville would offer $5,000 to attract new residents to the community and would also require them to be committed to the area for 2 years. Thompson told the council to look into the program in Dubois County and then check other area programs to see what would be beneficial
No vote was taken on the matter. Officials will discuss more on the program idea during the November 27th Grayville City Council Meeting.