| Sarasota,
FL: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will
present a $23 million check to the City of Sarasota and the
Sarasota Office of Housing and Community Development for neighborhood
stabilization programs Wed., January 27, 2010 at 12:30 pm
at Janie’s Garden Community Center, 2350 Central Ave.
The ceremony is open to the public.
The Sarasota City Commission and the Sarasota
Board of County Commissioners will be on hand when the director
of the HUD Tampa field office presents the $23 million check
to Mayor Richard Clapp.
The grant money is earmarked for the North Sarasota
area for four specific uses:
• Purchase, rehabilitate and sell 100
foreclosed houses
• Construction of Janie’s Garden Phase III public
housing project million
• Construction of 17 houses on vacant property
• Purchase and raze dilapidated houses
Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, the grant emphasizes the redevelopment of economically
depressed areas and jobs creation. The rehabilitation of more
than 100 houses and the construction of Janie’s Garden
Phase III will boost employment in the local construction
industry.
For more information contact Don Hadsell, Office
of Housing and Community Development: donald.hadsell@sarasotagov.com
To learn more about HUD’s Neighborhood
Stabilization Program visit: www.hud.gov
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