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• <br /> • <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 106 EAST MARGARET LANE <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N. C. • <br /> 27278 <br /> MOSES CAREY.IR_ <br /> STEPHEN II.HALKHMS <br /> JOHN HAkonvELL FROCLAMATIOr: <br /> SHIRLEY E.MARSHALL <br /> DON WILLHOIT <br /> NIONAL COMMUN.:7"Y DEVLOoME= WEEK <br /> MARCH 24 - 21 , 1989 <br /> WHEREAS, the COMM'IN7mv DEVEIOT:.MENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br /> operated since 1574 to provide local governments T-zith the <br /> resources required to meet the needs of persons of lova and <br /> moderate income; <br /> WHEREAS, community development block grant funds are used by <br /> thousands of neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations <br /> throughout the Nation to address pressing neighborhood and <br /> numan services needs: <br /> WHEREAS, in the last several veers the Federal Government has <br /> reduced Federal assistance to local governments and nonprofit <br /> organizations; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal <br /> contributions to the task of meeting the needs of low and <br /> moderate income persons, the problems have grown as evidenced <br /> by the dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive <br /> • <br /> rise in homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and <br /> malnutrition; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from <br /> responsibility, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM <br /> has assumed increasing . importance for meeting . pressing <br /> community problems; <br /> WHEREAS , the Coacress and the Nation has often overlooked the <br /> critioal value of the COMDITY DEVELOMENT BLOCK GRANT <br /> PROGRAM and the significant number of organizations and <br /> projects that rely on its funds for support; <br /> WHEREAS, the Concress of the United States has declared March <br /> 24 - al ; 158S COMMUN:TY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br /> . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissioners nrcclaim March 24 - 31 , 1989 COMMUNITY <br /> DEVELOPMENT WEEY. and call upon all citizen of our County to <br /> support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. <br /> GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SERI OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,' <br /> ON TH:S THE TWEKT-Z FIRST DAY MARCH. :t 7S7 YEAR 07'. OUR <br /> LORD, N::;ECERN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY <br /> Carey, , <br /> Oranc-a Cour,ty 1Soard c= <br /> ZEAL <br />