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PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
You're invited to tell us about your community's housing, public facilities, and economic and other
community development needs. We are preparing the statewide Consolidated Plan (CP) and citizen
participation is critical to our statewide planning process.
Developed with information from interested citizens (especially Iow- and moderate-income citizens),
local government officials, statewide and regional institutions and other organizations (including
businesses, developers, community and faith-based organizations) and public and private agencies that
provide assisted housing, health services, and social services, the CP is used to identify needs and
allocate resources to Montana communities and residents. Montana's statewide CP is also an annual.
document submitted to the U.S. Depadment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), combining the
application and planning process for three housing and community development programs: the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs,
administered by the MT Department of Commerce, and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program,
administered by the MT Department of Public Health & Human Services. Together, these grant
programs receive approximately $12 million per year that is distributed to Montana's communities.
The CP is also intended to be a resoume for use by local communities to assist them in determining
their own highest needs for affordable housing, infrastructure, economic development, and other
community development needs. It describes housing markets and conditions; includes data on the
economy, homelessness and population characteristics; identifies community development needs
including public facility and economic development needs; provides an inventory of housing services
and programs; describes priorities and actions for state housing and community development; and
outlines the expected resources available, types of activities to be funded, the geographic distribution of :.
funds, and actions for the upcoming plan year (4/1/07-3/31/08). Montana's Consolidated Plan covers
the entire state, excluding the cities of Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula, which receive their own
funding allocations from HUD.
So, don't miss this opportunity to provide input on your community's needs and Montana's draft 2007-
2008 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan. Attend one of the public input meetings (light breakfast or
light lunch provided) scheduled in Apdl and May 2006:
city
Hardin
Great Falls
Butte
Date / Time
Mort., April 10, 7:30-8:30 am
Thu., April 27, 12:00-1:15 pm
Thu., May 18, 12:00-1:15 pm
Location / Address
Big Horn County Courthouse, Rm 103
121 W 3rd St.
US Bank Building, 2"d Floor Conf. Rm
300 Central Ave.
Red Lion Hotel
2100 Cornell Ave.
Can't attend one of the meetings? Written comments are also welcome through 06/19/2006. Please
mail comments to: Leslie Edgcomb, CP Coordinator; MT Dept of Commerce Housing Division; PO Box
200545; Helena, MT 59620-0545.
Want to learn more about Montana's Consolidated Plan? Visit our web site at:
http://housing.mt.gov!Ho us_CP.asp
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