Forums Scheduled To Educate Public On Community Development Block Grants In Ames

Press release from the City of Ames:

April 29, 2021

Due to the pandemic, the City of Ames will host two public forums on Zoom to educate the public on the status and the future of the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs and to gather public feedback for its 2021-22 Annual Action Plan projects.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Lunch n Learn)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86707466135

Meeting ID: 867 0746 6135

888.475.4499 (toll-free); ID: 867 0746 6135

Thursday, May 13, 2021

6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84255903357

Meeting ID: 842 5590 3357

888.475.4499 (toll-free); ID: 842 5590 3357

The funding of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Programs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, has been announced. The City of Ames has been allocated $590,475 in CDBG and $350,543 in HOME funds. These funds can be used to implement a wide variety of community and economic development activities directed towards neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and the provision of improved community facilities and services. The funded activities must meet the following three national objectives: 1) benefit persons of low and moderate income; 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and 3) meet other community development needs of particular urgency.

For more information, contact Vanessa Baker-Latimer, Housing Coordinator for the City of Ames, at 515.239.5400 or by e-mail at vanessa.bakerlatimer@cityofames.org

This press release was produced by the City of Ames. The views expressed here are the author’s own.