City Of Wilson

City Of Wilson, doing business as City Of Wilson Utilities, is a U.S. local government entity (municipality) that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting infrastructure, public safety, environmental remediation, and economic development in Wilson, North Carolina. The entity does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the grant space, with 86% of recent awards held as prime recipient status and 14% as sub-recipient on state and local pass-through grants.

The municipality's grant portfolio spans multiple federal agencies and programmatic areas. As prime recipient, City Of Wilson Utilities has received $1.0 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900, awarded March 16, 2026) to conduct a four-year lead hazard identification and control initiative targeting pre-1960 rental and owner-occupied housing in low-income neighborhoods, with deliverables including lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and abatement work through March 2030. The municipality also holds a $3.179837 million award from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (CFDA 20.708, awarded April 4, 2025) to repair, rehabilitate, or replace natural gas distribution pipeline infrastructure and acquire equipment to reduce incidents, fatalities, and methane leaks, completing April 3, 2030. An EPA Region 4 Cooperative Agreement for $430,621 (awarded February 1, 2025, completing January 31, 2027) funds sanitary sewer overflow resolution through replacement of approximately 5,600 linear feet of 18-inch gravity sewer between Tilghman Road and Ward Boulevard. Earlier, the municipality received $500,000 from EPA Region 4 under the Brownfields Multipurpose program (CFDA 66.818, awarded July 1, 2022, completing September 30, 2026) to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, community meetings, and cleanup planning at brownfield sites across Wilson.

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance dominates award frequency, with 19 combined awards across multiple Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) cycles spanning 2021 through 2025. These block grants fund surveillance camera systems and public safety equipment for the Wilson Police Department. The municipality received a $749,463 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) from USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services (awarded September 29, 2023, completing September 29, 2025) to promote sustainable economic development and support small and emerging private businesses through technical assistance and revolving loan funds. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development issued two project grants (both awarded February 17, 2023) for economic development and community project funding, with completion dates extending through August 2030 and August 2031.

The municipality serves 13 distinct federal funding agencies across 50 awards in the source data spanning back to 2004. The top five customer agencies account for 62% of recent award count, concentrated in the Department of Justice (19 awards combined across Office of Justice Programs and Bureau of Justice Assistance), EPA (4 awards), HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (4 awards), and the National Endowment for the Arts (4 awards). Activity has averaged approximately three awards annually over the past five years, with one award completing in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window. As sub-recipient, City Of Wilson Utilities receives pass-through funding from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for lead service line inventory work and administers transit and capital grant sub-awards from state or regional agencies.