Article: PANEL TO AUDIT PROJECT BLUE SKY SPENDING WHAT DID THE TOWN OF SOUTHERN SHORES GET IN RETURN FOR SPENDING MORE THAN $262,000?(LOCAL)

Byline: LANE DeGREGORY, STAFF WRITER

SOUTHERN SHORES -- Why did this small Outer Banks beach town pay more than $262,000 to bail out a program on improving home construction techniques?

What did Southern Shores taxpayers get for their money?

And did Project Blue Sky accomplish the goals state and federal officials expected when they approved more than $1.5 million in grants to fund it?

Those are some of the questions a citizens committee will attempt to answer as its members begin analyzing Project Blue Sky this week.

``Some things will come out of this review that will be embarrassing to the town and the town council,'' said ...

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