City Of North Vernon

City of North Vernon, a municipal government entity headquartered in North Vernon, Indiana, receives federal grant funding as a grant recipient (97% of recent awards) for airport infrastructure rehabilitation and modernization at North Vernon Municipal Airport. The city does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; its federal engagement is confined to project grants administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Great Lakes Region under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related federal grant programs.

The city's customer footprint is concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Transportation. The FAA accounts for 26 of 33 prime grant awards (97% of award count and 100% of combined potential value in the source period), split between the national FAA office (14 awards) and the FAA Great Lakes Region (12 awards). The Department of the Army Indiana Army National Guard holds 5 awards with $468 thousand combined potential value; the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service and the Environmental Protection Agency each hold 1 award. Recent representative grant work includes a $124,570.53 FAA project grant awarded August 12, 2026, to reconstruct weather reporting and surveillance equipment (Automated Weather Observing System replacement) at the airport, running through August 5, 2030; a $615,789.47 FAA grant awarded September 15, 2025, for taxiway, taxilane, and apron pavement rehabilitation (Phase 1 design and construction), completing September 14, 2029; a $157,894.74 FAA grant awarded September 18, 2025, for runway rehabilitation design (Phase 1 of a four-year project), completing September 17, 2029; and a $666,666.67 FAA grant awarded September 6, 2024, for runway lighting, signage, beacon, and visual guidance system reconstruction, including FAA flight-check services, completing September 5, 2028. The city also received a sub-grant award in December 2024 related to an Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program.

Activity shows recent uptick after a multi-year gap — one award in 2020, three in 2021, none in 2022–2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and three in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all historical awards total $12.4 million against a combined potential value of $468 thousand, indicating historical grants significantly exceed their stated potential value ceilings and obligated funding substantially exceeds recent-year award rates. All upcoming airport improvement grants are scheduled to complete between September 2028 and August 2030.