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National Community Development Week
April 13-17, 2020
WHEREAS, the week of April 13- 17, 2020 has been designated as National Community
Development Week by the National Community Development Association to celebrate the
Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program and the Home Investment
Partnerships (HOME) Program; and ,
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has successfully demonstrated its ability to help our
community provide much-needed public services for economically, mentally or physically
disadvantaged residents, construction/renovation of community gathering places and
reconstruction of city-owned infrastructure and completion of neighborhood improvements ' .
including major sewer, drainage and street projects; and
WHEREAS, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program provides funding to local ..;.,
communities to create decent, safe and affordable housing opportunities for low-income
persons. Nationally, over one million units of affordable housing have been completed '
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WHEREAS, over the programs' history, the Tigard community has received more than
$4 million dollars in CDGB funds to make our city a better place to live, work and play. 11f�
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, Jason B. Snider, Mayor of the City of
= Tigard, Oregon, do hereby proclaim the week of April 13-17, 2020 as
NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK
in Tigard, Oregon and urge Congress and the Administration to recognize the outstanding
work being done locally and nationally by CDBG and HOME Investment Partnerships f
Programs by supporting increased funding for both programs in FY2021. .
j� Dated this I day of / c ��. , 2020.
y IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Tigard to be affixed.
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Jas6rf B. Snider, Mayor `
City of Tigardf:
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City Recorder
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