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The public is encouraged to provide input to the City of Ames on its 2023-24 CDBG and HOME Annual Action Plan, which will outline the proposed activities, project locations, and proposed budgets being funded by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

This funding would cover the program year beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds can be used to implement a wide variety of community and economic development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and the provision of improved community facilities and services.

The funded activities must meet the following three national objectives: 

• Benefit persons of low- and moderate-income
• Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
• Meet other community development needs of particular urgency

Written comments or inquiries may be submitted to the Department of Planning and Housing at Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa, or by email to vanessa.bakerlatimer@cityofames.org from July 1 through Aug. 1. The Ames City Council will also discuss the approval and submittal of the plan at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at City Hall Council Chambers, 515 Clark Ave.

Copies of the Annual Action Plan are available for review from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Department of Planning and Housing, Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave., and the Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave. The plan is also available on the City’s website at www.CityOfAmes.org/Housing.

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