FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2020
Contact: Yolanda Fields
Community Resources Director
479-575-8290
yfields@fayetteville-ar.gov
City Seeks Public Comment on Round Three of CDBG CARES Act Funding
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— The CARES Act provided supplemental Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The City of Fayetteville is providing public notice of the intent to amend the GY2019 Action Plan related to round 3 funding (CDBG-CV3) released to reduce risk of eviction. The amendment will increase the GY2019 allocation amount by $556,197 for round 3 funding and amend $18,000 of round 1 funding. The amended GY2019 Action Plan will be available online at this link.
Public comments will be accepted from 8 a.m. September 28, 2020 through 5 p.m. October 2, 2020. A public hearing will be held via Zoom on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 4 p.m. The Zoom link will be posted Friday September 25, 2020 on the calendar section of the City of Fayetteville website. All interested parties are invited to participate.
Comments may be made in writing, via email, or by phone.
- Email: yfields@fayetteville-ar.gov
- Phone: 479-575-8260
- Mail: Yolanda Fields, Community Resources Director, 113 W. Mountain Street Fayetteville AR 72701
Community Development Block Grants are a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides funding for a wide range of community development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and improved community facilities and services. Any project obtaining CDBG funding is required to meet at least one of three national objectives: Aid in the Prevention or Elimination of Slums or Blight; Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Persons; or Meet Urgent Community Development Needs. The City of Fayetteville’s Division of Community Resources is responsible for receiving and allocating CDBG funds for Fayetteville.
For more information about the event or any of the available CDBG programs, please call the Community Resources Division at 479-575-8260, or visit the Community Development section of the City’s website.
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