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r <br /> 005 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 106 EAST MARGARET LANE <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N. C. <br /> 27278 <br /> MOSES GREY,JR. <br /> STEPHEN H.HALKIOTIS <br /> JOHN HARTWELL PROCLAMATION <br /> SHIRLEY E.MARSHALL <br /> DON WILLHOIT APRIL 11 - 18, 1987 <br /> NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK <br /> WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has operated since 1974 <br /> to provide local governments with the resources required to meet the needs of <br /> persons of low and moderate income; <br /> WHEREAS, community development block grant funds are used by thousands of <br /> neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations throughout the Nation to address <br /> pressing neighborhood and human service needs; <br /> WHEREAS, in the last several years the Federal Government has-reduced Federal <br /> assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal contributions to the task of <br /> meeting the needs of low and moderate income persons, the problems have grown <br /> as evidenced by the dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive rise <br /> in homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and malnutrition; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from responsibility, the <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has assumed increasing importance <br /> for meeting pressing community problems; <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress and the- Nation has often overlooked the critical value <br /> of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM and the significant number of <br /> organizations and projects that ;rely on its fiends for support; <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared April 11-18, 1987 <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br /> 1 <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> proclaim April 1.1-18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizens of <br /> our County to support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. <br /> GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE, ON THIS THE SIXTH DAY <br /> OF APRIL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, NINE- <br /> TEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN. <br /> Shirley Marshall, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />