Treasure State Endowment Program
Are your city's water lines leaking? Have you reached the capacity of your town's wastewater treatment plant? Do you have a bridge that has deteriorated to the point that it may have to be closed? These issues, along with other infrastructure problems, are a dilemma for local governments trying to maintain their community's vital infrastructure. Local officials, staff and engineers are encouraged to consider whether TSEP grants could help finance a local infrastructure project.
The Montana Department of Commerce's research findings, along with comments from local govenment officials and citizens, indicate that the principal reason why so many local public facilities are deficient is that most options for correcting deficiencies are simply not considered affordable by local residents. The Treasure State Endowment Program (TSEP) is a state-funded program that has been designed to help address that "affordability" problem by providing grants to lower the cost of constructing public facilities projects.
Contact Jim Edgcomb, TSEP Manager
