Thanks in part to a $390,000 Renewal Community Tax Incentive, Niagara Falls' newest eatery, Cafe Lola, opens for business. Mayor Paul Dyster joins the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Former Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Ron Clark, stands with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. With the help of $2.9 million in Renewal Community tax incentives, he turned dilapidated buildings into a state-of-the-art academy.
RECENT FEATURES AND HEADLINES
Overview
The Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) seeks to develop viable communities by promoting integrated approaches that provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities for low and moderate income persons. The primary means towards this end is the development of partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Consistent with these objectives, the Office of Community Planning and Development has developed a set of underlying principles that are used in carrying out its mission.
1. Community building begins with job creation, employment, and creation of safe, decent and affordable housing.
2. Planning and execution of community development initiatives must be bottom up and community driven.
3. Complex problems require coordinated, comprehensive, and sustainable solutions.
4. Government must be streamlined to be made more efficient and effective.
5. Citizen participation in Federal, State and local government can be increased through communication and better access to information.
CPD seeks to encourage empowerment of local residents by helping to give them a voice in the future of their neighborhoods; stimulate the creation of community based organizations; and enhance the management skills of existing organizations so they can achieve greater production capacity. Housing and community development are not viewed as separate programs, but rather as among the myriad elements that make up a comprehensive vision of community development. These groups are at the heart of a bottom-up housing and community development strategy.
2009 Formula Grant Allocations The official 2009 formula grant allocation amounts are now posted on HUD’s web site. The announcement letters of these allocations are being mailed by HUD to the chief elected officials of each formula grantee. Learn More
Secretary Donovan announces $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to support state and local Community Development
On May 5, 2009 Secretary Donovan signed a letter to all CDBG-R grantees addressing the responsible use of CDBG-R funds. This letter is an extension of President Obama’s March 20, 2009, memorandum on the responsible use of all Recovery Act funds. Both documents have been forwarded grantees along with the Notice governing the use of CDBG-R funds and may be read here.” CDBG-R Notice | CDBG-R Letter | Responsible Spending Memo
Secretary Donovan Announces $2 Billion in Recovery Act Funds to Stabilize Neighborhoods Hard-hit by Foreclosure
HUD solicits grant applications under Neighborhood Stabilization Program WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that HUD is now soliciting grant applications under the Department's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to make available nearly $2 billion in Recovery Act funding to states, local governments and non-profit housing developers to combat the effects of home foreclosures. Applications for NSP funds will be due July 17, 2009. more...
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