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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 Montana's 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 identity needs and allocate resources to Montana
communities and residents. Montana's statewide CP is also an annual document submitted to the U.S.
Department 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 $11 - $12 million per year that is distributed to
Montana's communities.
The CP is also intended to be a resource 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; helps to identity 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
b~e funded, the geographic distribution of funds, and actions for the next plan:year (4/I/0~-3131/09).
So, don't miss this opportunity to provide input on your community's needs and Montana's draft 2008-2009
Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan. Attend one of the public input meetings scheduled in May and June 2007:
City
BOzeman
Glendive
Date / Time
Thurs., May 31, 12:00-1:30 pm
Tues., June 5, 2:30-4:00 pm
Location I Address
Holiday Inn - Bozeman; 5 Baxter Lane
Sagebrush Alley Senior Center; 604 Grant Avenue
So, join us for lunch in Bozeman or the ice cream social in Glendive.
Can't attend one of the meetings? Written comments are also welcome through July 5, 2007. Please mail
comments to: Leslie Edgcomb, CP Coordinator; MT Dept of Commerce Housing Division; PO Box 200545;
Helena, MT 59620-0545.
The Montana DePartment of Commerce will also be seeking comments on the Consolidated Plan DRAFT Annual
PeH'ormance Report for April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007. This document will be open for public comment
May 31 through June 15, 2007. Send your written comments on the draft report to: Leslie Edgcomb, CP
Coordinator; MT Dept of Commerce Housing Division; PO Box 200545; Helena, MT 59620-0545; or by e-mail:
ledgcomb@mt, gov
The draft report will be available on the Consolidated Plan webpage at housing.mt, gov/Hous_CP_Apps.asp no
later than May 31. To request a hard copy of the Annual Performance Report, please contact the Montana
Department of Commerce, Housing Division at (406) 841-2820, after May 31.
Want to learn more about Montana's Consolidated Plan? Visit our web site at:
http://housing.mt.gov/Hous_C P.asp
Montana of Commerce
Housing Division
PO Box200545
Helena, MT 59620-0545
MAYOR
CITY OF LAUREL
115W 1STST
LAUREL MT 59044
.~nI May 31,12:00 pm
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The Montana Department of Commeme will make reasonable modifications for persons with disabilities
who wish to participate in this public meeting. If you require an assistive device or person or another
accommodation, contact the Department by 4:00 pm at least five working days before the scheduled
meeting about the nature of the accommodation you need:
MT Dept of Commerce Housing Division; PO Box 200545; Helena, MT 59620-0545
Telephone: (406) 841-2820; TDD: (406) 841-2702; FAX: (406) 841-2821;
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