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/1,F <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 106 EAST MARGARET LANE <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N. C. <br /> 27278 <br /> MOSES CARRY,JR, PROCLAMATION <br /> STEPHEN H.HALKIOTIS <br /> JOHN HARTWELL <br /> SHIRLEY! MARSHALL NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK <br /> DON WiLLHOIT <br /> APRIL 7 - 14, 1990 <br /> WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br /> operated since 1974 to_ provide local governments with the <br /> resources required . to meet the needs of persons of low 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 /> human services needs; <br /> WHEREAS, in the last several years 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 /> rise in homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and <br /> malnutrition; <br /> WHEREAS, during . this time of Federal :-..withdrawal from <br /> responsibility, the' COMMU.NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM <br /> has assumed increasing importance for meeting pressing <br /> community problems;. <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress' and the Nation has often overlooked the <br /> critical value of the. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT f3 LOCK GRANT <br /> PROGRAM and the significant number ' -`of organizations and <br /> - projects that rely on its funds. for. support ; <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared April <br /> 7 - 14, 1990 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissioners proclaim April 7 - 14, 1990 COMMUNITY <br /> DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizen of our County to <br /> support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. <br /> GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, <br /> ON THIS THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH, IN THE YEAR OF OUR <br /> LORD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY. <br /> c..46e,4_,.- <br /> Moses Carey, Jr . , Chair r <br /> SEAL Orange County Board of ommissioners <br />