City Of Parkersburg

City of Parkersburg, West Virginia, operating as the City Clerk, is a U.S. local government entity registered with SAM.gov since April 2002 and serving the city of Parkersburg located in Wood County, West Virginia. As a municipality, the City of Parkersburg has established itself as an active recipient of federal grant funding, demonstrating a strong capacity to manage and implement federal grant programs across multiple policy areas. The entity has successfully secured federal grant awards spanning housing development, community infrastructure, public safety, and economic development initiatives, positioning itself as a strategic partner with federal agencies in advancing local priorities aligned with national policy objectives.

The City of Parkersburg's federal grant activity reflects a diverse portfolio of community development and public safety initiatives. In the housing and community development domain, the city has received substantial formula grant awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including multiple HOME Investment Partnerships Program awards (totaling over $517,000 across recent awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025) designated for affordable housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and rental housing development with completion timelines extending to 2034. The city has also secured Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula awards from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development to support broader community development activities benefiting low- and moderate-income residents. In the transportation infrastructure sector, the City of Parkersburg received a project grant from the Federal Railroad Administration in November 2024 to conduct planning studies for eliminating a grade crossing on CSX Transportation's Ohio River Subdivision, with the goal of improving pedestrian and vehicular safety while ensuring continuous access to critical municipal facilities including the water treatment plant and floodwall levee infrastructure. On the public safety front, the city has received Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) block grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (FY 2021, FY 2023, and FY 2024) to equip the Parkersburg Police Department with specialized equipment such as OSCR capture kits and vehicular repeaters, and to implement law enforcement mental health and wellness initiatives through the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) program in partnership with surrounding agencies in Wood County. Additionally, the city received support from the National Endowment for the Arts for a project grant to install a public mural in downtown Parkersburg. As a sub-grantee, the City of Parkersburg has benefited from pass-through funding from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for water construction projects and from the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) initiative to support drug control strategy implementation.