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RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL 17-23, 2006 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
WEEK.
WHEREAS, the week of April 17-23, 2006 has been designated as National Community
Development Week and the City of Augusta, Georgia is a participant in the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) program which funds a myriad of social service, economic
development and housing programs in this community, and
WHEREAS, in this community and in communities throughout the nation, thirty-two years of
Community Development Block Grant program funding has developed a strong working network of
relationships between this local government, residents of neighborhoods and the many nonprofit
agencies which provide services and help make possible our commitment to those neighborhoods,
and
WHEAREAS, this community recognizes that the Community Development Block Grant
program is a partnership of Federal, state and local government, business, nonprofit and community
efforts, and that the services funded by the Federal CDBG program, administered by the local
government and often delivered by local nonprofit organizations, relies heavily on the dedication and
goodwill of our combined efforts,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that during National Community Development Week
2006, this community will give special thanks and recognition to participants whose hard work and
devotion to the neighborhoods and their low and moderate income residents help insure the quality
and effectiveness of the Community Development Block Grant program, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the Commission of Augusta-Richmond
County join in designating April 17-23, 2006, as our "National Community Development Week", and
hereby call upon the citizens of Augusta to observe this week celebrating the Community
Development Block Grant Program.
ATTEST:
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
BY:
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Mayor
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Clerk of Commission
CERTIFICATION
I, Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of the Commission, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct
copy of a Resolution as a99Pted by said AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION in the
meeting held on APRIL.1.JL, 2006.
SEAL
Clerk of the Commission