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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development Orange County, NC Consolidated Plan for 1995-2000 Executive Summary CITIZEN'S SUMMARY Located in North Carolina, Orange County includes not only the towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough, but also Chapel Hill, the home of the largest campus of the State university. The presence of university students, more a„~`luent and transient than other county residents, has created an imbalance in terms of housing and community development needy. Orange County must, therefore, concentrate its efforts on serving a strong urban community and rural areas as well. Action Plan The Consolidated Plan for Orange County has a total budget of neazly $834,000, of which $455,000 comes from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and $379,000 from HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds for the 1997-98 yeaz. Citizen Participation Development of the Consolidated Plan for Orange County was undertaken by a staff working group that included a representative from each municipaUcounty jurisdiction throughout the region, Having developed a draft plan, the working group presented it to the public for comment. Copies of the draft were available at the following locations- Chapel Hill Town Hall, Chapel Hill Public Library, Carrboro Town flail, Orange County Department of Housing and Community Developmenrt, Orange County Library, and Hillsborough Town Hall. In addition to an advertisement describing the plan published in the Chapel Hi11f Heralaj notices were mailed to members of all human service agencies, housing non-profit board'members, and the Chapel Hill Housing Advisory Committee members, informing them of the availability of this document for comment. The Chapel Hill Town Council held two public hearings to elicit citizen comments, and the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners held one public hearing.