# City reports $74,261 in first-round Neighborhood Investment Fund awards for 7 projects

## What happened
Nineteen Terre Haute neighborhood groups applied for the city’s first Neighborhood Investment Fund round, requesting more than $215,000. The city reported that seven projects received a combined $74,261; the available program funding was about $75,000. The report described a volunteer review committee, an engineering feasibility review, and a senior review committee that made the final selections using the scores, geographic distribution, and project diversity.

## The outcome
No commission vote. The senior review committee had finalized the awards, which were reported to the commission.

## Sources
- [Applications and requested funding, 49:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJIu3cljrAM&t=2957)
- [$74,261 awarded across 7 projects, 50:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJIu3cljrAM&t=3014)
- [Review process and final selection criteria, 53:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJIu3cljrAM&t=3197)

*Also known as: Neighborhood Investment Fund · NIF grant awards · Brittle Bank mural · Muse Art mural · casino revenue neighborhood grants · $75,000 neighborhood grant program*