(West Des Moines) – Iowa 3^rd District Representative Cindy Axne, Thursday, announced funding requests for 15 community Projects in Iowa’s Third Congressional District she submitted to the House Appropriations Committee. On the list is a one-million-dollar request to construct a childcare center in Griswold. The proposed center will provide year-round child care, including full-time, drop-in, and before and after school care. The center, located south of the Griswold Elementary School, is designed with four childcare rooms to accommodate children ranging from six weeks to four years of age, including a separate area for before and after school care.

Currently, the Noble Initiative Foundation is in the process of an aggressive $2.3 million capital campaign to build the facility. In addition to the funding request for Griswold,  Axne submitted funding requests for one-million dollars to retrofit green storm water infrastructure practices in Pacific Junction. She’s also requesting $779,025 to help Adams County Economic Development Corporation create an entrepreneurial and incubator center in Corning.

Other, (area) projects submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for FY23:

• $2,000,000 to replace a bridge on 250^th Street between Evergreen Avenue and G Avenue in Montgomery County
• $1,789,100 to revitalize downtown Mount Ayr through surface transportation improvements
• $1,500,000 to add 30,000 square feet to the Food Bank of Iowa’s warehouse in Des Moines
• $1,000,000 to retrofit green storm water infrastructure practices in Pacific Junction
• $779,025 to help Adams County Economic Development Corporation create an entrepreneurial and incubator center in Corning

Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects (up from 10 in FY2022) in their community for 2023. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams. Only state and local governments and non-profit organizations (including special districts and quasi-governmental non-profits) are permitted to receive funding.

In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congresswoman Axne has certified that she, her spouse, and her immediate family have no financial interest in any of her requested projects.