LEGAL NOTICE   Notice is hereby given that the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners, serving as recipient for a Office of Community & Rural Affairs (OCRA) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Owner Occupied Rehabilitation (OOR) grant, will receive LETTERS OF INTEREST TO RECEIVE BID PACKETS. The grant will provide funds to complete the rehabilitation of a total of twenty-one (21) owner-occupied housing units in the unincorporated limits of Lawrence County.   All contractors submitting letters of interest must have a $1,000,000 liability insurance and workman’s compensation policy (or state certificate releasing this requirement).   A notification letter will be sent to contractors on the bidders list only, except for two minority and women owned business enterprises. All letters of interest should be addressed to the project administrator, Southern Indiana Development Commission, Attn: Jenny Dearwester, P.O. Box 442, Loogootee, IN 47553. Letters of interest are due no later than June 12, 2026. Interested contractors will be placed on an active bidders list until June 2027.   The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners and the Southern Indiana Development Commission reserve the right to reject any and all letters of interest based on funding source disapproval of the contractor. MBE/WBE businesses are encouraged to submit letters of interest. We have a goal of ten percent MBE/WBE participation. For questions, call SIDC at (812)295-3707.