CDBG, community development & revitalization
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Category: Middletown City Government
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Printed Date: May 08 2024 at 10:37pm
Topic: CDBG, community development & revitalization
Posted By: Mike_Presta
Subject: CDBG, community development & revitalization
Date Posted: Sep 29 2009 at 4:58pm
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1. Middletown’s street are in TERRIBLE condition. 2. Good streets attract new businesses, contribute to economic development, and help to draw and retain middle to upper income residents. 3. Street repair is an allowable use for CBDG funds. 4. City Hall has REFUSED and continues to REFUSE to use CBDG funds for street repairs. 5. City Hall has stubbornly allowed CBDG funds to go UNSPENT from year to year. 6. City Hall has channeled CBDG funds towards middle to upper income residents for “beautification” and “restoration” projects that have increased their property values. 7. What is wrong with this picture? ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
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Posted By: Pacman
Date Posted: Sep 29 2009 at 5:20pm
What's wrong......This:
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Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Sep 29 2009 at 8:11pm
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5. City Hall has stubbornly allowed CBDG funds to go UNSPENT from year to year.
(Maybe there are no funds, if there are none then where did it go ?)
4. City Hall has REFUSED and continues to REFUSE to use CBDG funds for street repairs.
(See number #5)
------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: Sep 29 2009 at 9:36pm
As Councilman Schiavone once said when informed during a council meeting that we would lose these TAXPAYORS' dollars, if not used by the end of the plan period: "We've GOT to SPEND that money!"
(I guess just NOT on streets.)
The problem seemed to be that KOHLER and others earmarked the money for "beautification" projects in the low income South Main Street area, and except for a few of the owners of old MANSIONS on South Main, no one could afford the "match" required, so no one else "applied" for the money, and it went unspent until the "plan" was "amended". I don't know what the amendment was...probably a bike path or the like that would benefit the needy. ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Hermes wrote:Posted By: MadisonMom
Date Posted: Sep 29 2009 at 11:38pm
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RE: POTHOLES
Don't play your favorite CD, unless you want to hear rap from all the potholes. My van rattles something awful! |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Sep 30 2009 at 12:13am
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Mike - I thought they did carry over but thought we were closer to the end of the plan period. What happens to the money if unspent at the end of the 5 years ?
And my next question is, does anyone know for a fact that this money is in the account ? (if of course it wasn't spent already) ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 30 2009 at 4:05am
| The current five year HUD Consolidated Plan covers the period from May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2010. |