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A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL 12 - 18, 2004, AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
WHEREAS, the week of April 12 - 18, 2004, has been designated as National Community
Development Week. 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
WHEAREAS, in this community and in communities throughout the nation, twenty-nine
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
non-profit 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 2004,
devotion to the neighborhoods and their low and moderate income residents help insure the
quality and effectiveness of the Community Development Block Grant progr.am, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the Commission of Augusta, Georgia join in
designating April 12 - 18, 2004, 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.
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Clerk of the Commission
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Mayor
ATTEST:
CERTIFICATION
I, Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of the Commission, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct
copy of a Resolution as adopted by said THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION, in
meeting held on Tuesday, April 6, 2004.
SEAL
Clerk of the Commission
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Whereas, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
has operated since 1975 to provide local governments with the resources
required to meet the needs of persons of low-and moderate-income and
CDBG funds are used by thousands of neighborhood-based, non-profit
organizations throughout the nation to address pressing neighborhood
revitalization and community improvement needs; and
Whereas, the Community Development Block Grant Program has had a
significant impact on our local economy through community
improvement, physical redevelopment and the enhancement of our local
tax base; and
Whereas, Augusta-Richmond County, has clearly demonstrated the
capacity to administer and customize the CDBG Program to identify,
prioritize and resolve pressing local issues such as affordable housing,
community improvement, and physical redevelopment needs; and
Now, Therefore, I, Bob Young, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, I do hereby proclaim the week of April 12 -
18,2004, as
Augusta, Georgia Community Development Week
and urge all citizens to join us in recognizing the Community Block
Grant Program and the important role it plays in our community.
In Witness Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of Augusta, Georgia to be affixed this _ day of April 2004.
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