Duncan Seeks Applicants For Community Development Advisory Committee

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Contact: Angela Dickens (301) 217-3620
For Immediate Release: April 21, 1998

Duncan Seeks Applicants For Community
Development Advisory Committee

County Executive Douglas M. Duncan is seeking applicants to fill five vacancies on the Community Development Advisory Committee, which assists the Department of Housing and Community Affairs in reviewing requests for funds for the ongoing Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Programs. Four incumbents are eligible to apply for reappointment. One vacancy is for an unexpired term. The committee makes recommendations to the County Executive on the proposed use of these funds, and holds public hearings required by federal law to ascertain community development needs and citizen input.

Federal funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by local governments are for projects to benefit homeless individuals, as well as low and moderate income persons. Funds can be used to revitalize neighborhoods and make public improvements in low and moderate income communities as well as create housing opportunities for homeless persons and low and moderate income persons.

Committee members serve three-year terms and meet one evening a month, with additional weekly meetings between mid-October and mid-December. Representatives of all minority populations, as well as elderly, physically and mentally disabled citizens, residents of low-income urban and rural areas and individuals who are homeless or formerly homeless are encouraged to apply.

Criteria for appointment include familiarity with problems of low-income neighborhoods or special needs populations within the County. Individuals with demonstrated leadership abilities are encouraged to apply. Committee members generally focus on funding requests in support of public services.

Interested citizens should write no later than May 22 to County Executive Douglas M. Duncan at the Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850. A brief resume, including home and work phone number, should be enclosed.

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