Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Over the past several years, the City of Thomasville was awarded several grants from the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) through its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Competitive Program. The annual CDBG Competitive Program provides federal aid funding through DCA on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist a wide range of eligible activities. These can include housing improvement projects, public facilities such as water and sanitary sewer lines, buildings such as local health centers or head start centers, and economic development programs to benefit low- and moderate-income persons.

To learn more about the CDBG and HUD, please click the links below. You may also call the City of Thomasville’s Planning and Engineering Departments at 229-227-7009 for more information:

Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Housing and Urban Development


2022 CDBG for Dewey City Neighborhood (Phase 2)

Project Highlights

Project Facts for Phase 2

2021 CDBG for Dewey City Neighborhood (Phase 1)

Project Highlights for Phase 1

  • Latest update – As of Dec 1, work is substantially complete in the Phase 1 area of Dewey City. The City Staff and City Council really appreciate the Dewey City’s support, enthusiasm, patience, and positive feedback with this year long project. As the project moves towards officially closing out, we will look to have one last public meeting with the community and will provide more details about that event in the next few months.
  • Work began in late November on Allen Street. Sewer improvements will be first, with water improvements expected to begin January/February 2023.
  • Work on Phase 1 is expected to begin in November 2022 and take approximately 320 days to complete. The notice to proceed date is November 7, 2022. Construction crews will start bringing their equipment and materials and will most likely break ground the week after Thanksgiving.
  • In the fall of 2021, the City was awarded a $750,000 CDBG for Phase 1 including water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure improvements in and around the Dewey City neighborhood. These improvements were identified as a community need based on the volume of related service requests we have received from residents in the area.
  • During Phase 1, improvements will occur from Burns Street to Martin Luther King Jr Drive and include Willis Street, Allen Street, Plain Street, Felix Street, Forrest Street, Bay Street, and Festus Street.
  • Click here to view the target area map.

Project Facts for Phase 1


2019 CDBG

The City of Thomasville was not awarded the 2019 Community Development Block Grant. For more information, click here.


2017 and 2018 CDBG Projects in the Fletcherville District

Project Highlights

  • The City of Thomasville submitted applications in April 2017 (to complete work in Phase 1) and April 2018 (to complete work in Phase 2) to the annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) competition and were awarded both.
  • Both submissions were in the category of Single Activity/Public Facilities and will benefit more than 650 Thomasville residents.
  • The City was awarded the CDBG funds in consecutive years because of its PlanFirst Designation, which helped to complete work in the Fletcherville area more quickly.
  • In the fall of 2017, Thomasville was awarded a $750,000 grant for Phase 1 infrastructure improvements in the Fletcherville area. Grant funds, as defined by DCA, will be used to improve water quality to the community. The City’s local match will go towards storm drain improvements, street resurfacing, and addition of curb and gutter and sidewalk.
  • In the fall of 2018, Thomasville was awarded a $750,000 grant for Phase 2 infrastructure improvements in the Fletcherville area. Grant funds, as defined by DCA, will be used to improve water quality to the community. The City’s local match will go towards storm drain improvements, street resurfacing, and addition of curb and gutter and sidewalk.

Project Facts

  • The Engineering Department held a community event at Harper Elementary School on January 28, 2017. Residents in the Fletcherville area provided the City with their issues pertaining to low water pressure, discolored water, sewer backups, overflowing manholes, road pot holes, street flooding, and yard flooding. They also shared other issues that was critical to defining the project areas for the grant application and eventual award of both grants.
  • Improvements in Phase 1 began in August 2018 and were completed in September 2019. Work in Phase 1 was broken down into two construction projects. One phase included sewer and water main work and the other phase included road, sidewalk, multi-use trail, and drainage work. Work in the Phase 1 area is complete.
  • Improvements in Phase 2 began in September 2019 and are anticipated to be complete by the end of October 2020. Work in Phase 2 was also broken down into two construction projects. One phase included sanitary sewer work and the other phase included water main work, road improvements, and drainage improvements. The first project in Phase 2 is complete, and the second one is under construction with an anticipated completion date of the end of October 2020.

Maps & Plans

Click here to view the map for the Phase 1 and 2 CDBG target areas.

Click here to view the Project Overview Map that pinpoints the location of various capital projects the City is currently working on.