Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S_C <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Apri17, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Habitat for Humanity - "Celebration 2000" Millennium Event <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) w~` <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) >.;,;::~`~..., <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Taza L. Fikes <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2490 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To adopt a resolution in support of the "Celebrate 2000" Millennium Event to be sponsored by <br />Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC, Inc. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In celebration of a new millennium, and to increase public awazeness of the lack of affordable <br />housing in Orange County, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is planning to develop a 4.86 <br />acre tract of land on Rogers Road in central Orange County by January 1, 2000. Specifically, a <br />"community-wide building blitz" is planned in order to construct eleven (11) single family homes <br />for ownership by Orange County families who earn below 50% of the area median income, and, <br />who currently live in substandazd housing. <br />A representative of Habitat for Humanity will be present to provide more details regazding this <br />event. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />The Manager recommends adopting a resolution in support of the "Celebrate 2000" Millennium <br />Event to be sponsored by Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC, Inc.. <br />