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Technical
Assistance
Resources
Training/Funding Opportunities
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Technical
Assistance (GSPIA)
Resources
Blueprint
Communities participants are offered a number of resources to assist
them in developing and implementing their community revitalization
plans. Check back periodically for additional resources.
- Federal Home
Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Community Investment Programs
- "Prospective
Homebuyers:Tell Them 'The Secret'...Now!" article
by Jeri Stumpf, Governor's Office of Housing and Community Revitalization
(published in Municipal Reporter, Summer 2005, PA League
of Cities and Municipalities)
- The Community Revitalization Desktop Guide provides a comprehensive model for community revitalization. Offered by the PA Department of Economic & Community Development, the Guide can be of use to communities in any state: http://www.newpa.com/default.aspx?id=479.
- DataPlace
by KnowledgePlex offers a one-stop source for data about your
community, or any other place in the U.S. This site provides up-to-date
information from several sources, including customized maps.
Through
DataPlace, you can:
- Look
up demographic, economic, housing, and mortgage lending
data from US Census, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and other
data sets
- Find
key statistics on any region in the US through maps, charts,
tables and rankings
It's a great
resource for helping you to compile information for creating
your community strategy.
- 10,000
Friends of Pennsylvania
is an alliance of organizations and individuals committed to enhancing
the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians by focusing on promoting
policies and actions that will revitalize cities, boroughs and
older suburbs;
preserve farmland and rural resource lands; conserve
our natural, heritage and fiscal resources; and
improve the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians.
Training/Funding
Opportunities
From
time to time, various institutions, agencies or organizations offer
opportunities for funding, program participation, advisory assistance
or other support. As we become aware of them, we'll post them here.
Please let us know about any opportunities you come across, whether
or not you've actually taken advantage of them.
- Funding: The 2008 Federal Community Stabilization Grants. An October 3, 2008 online chat featuring strategies to plan, prepare and target these funds to address the neighborhood impacts caused by foreclosed and vacant properties. To listen, see: http://www.knowledgeplex.org/xchat.html.
The 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 provides $3.9 billion in supplemental CDBG dollars to local governments for the acquisition, demolition, and rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned homes. HUD must issue program regulations within 60 days (estimated on or before October 1st) and disperse funds within 90 days of enactment. Local governments must make funding commitments within 18 months and to expend all funds within 5 years. Such a tight time frame makes it difficult for community development/housing agencies and their community development partners to develop effective plans and strategies on how to best use these funds to stabilize those neighborhoods under distress from foreclosures, property flipping and subprime lending.
- Funding:
The Wachovia Regional Foundation is a private foundation
that aims to improve the quality of life for children and families
living in low-income neighborhoods in New Jersey, Delaware, and
eastern Pennsylvania. The Foundation concentrates its resources
on the creation and implementation of resident-driven neighborhood
plans. For more information, see: http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_431,00.html.
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