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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket Nos. N-94-3659; FR-3540-N-03; N-94-3682; FR-3615-N-02]
Announcement of FY 1993 and FY 1994 Funding Awards for
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document
notifies the public of funding awards made under the Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program. The purpose of this document
is to announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the
amount of the awards to be used to help HBCUs expand their role and
effectiveness in addressing community development needs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Turk, Office of Technical
Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., room 7253, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number: (202) 708-3176.
The TDD number for the hearing impaired is (202) 708-2565. (These are
not toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program is authorized under Section
107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (the
1974 Act). The program is governed by regulations contained in 24 CFR
570.400, 570.404 and 24 CFR Part 570, subparts A, C, J, K and 0. Only
HBCUs as determined by the Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2 in
accordance with that Department's responsibilities under Executive
Order 12677, dated April 28, 1989, are eligible to submit applications.
The objectives of this program are to help HBCUs expand their role
and effectiveness in addressing community development needs, including
neighborhood revitalization, housing and economic development in their
localities, consistent with the purposes of the 1974 Act; and to help
HBCUs address the priority needs of their localities in meeting HUD
priorities.
A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announcing HUD's FY 1993
funding of $4.5 million for the Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) Program was published on September 17, 1993 (58 FR
48716). In a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the
Federal Register on January 12, 1994 (59 FR 1882), the Department
announced the availability of $6.5 million of FY 1994 funding for the
HBCU Program plus an additional $2 million of FY 1993 funding. The
total amount of FY 1993 and FY 1994 funding, $13 million, was combined
into a single competition and the application due date of the FY 1993
NOFA was extended to run concurrently with the FY 1994 NOFA. The
applications received for funding were reviewed, evaluated and scored
based on the criteria in the NOFAs. As a result, HUD has awarded grants
to 28 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235,
approved December 15, 1989), the Department is publishing details
concerning the recipients of these awards, as follows:
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program Grants
1. Xavier University of Louisiana
President: Dr. Norman C. Francis, Harris-Stowe State College,
Laclede Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, Telephone: (504) 482-2801.
Project Director: Brenda B. Davillier, (504) 483-7510, ext. 3680.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: Up to $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will increase resident
participation in the revitalization of the area. It also will assist
them in planning to address the physical, social, and economic needs
and infrastructure needed to support housing and economic development.
2. Mississippi Valley State University
President: Dr. William W. Sutton, Mississippi Valley State
University, Highway 82 West, Itta Bena, MS 38941, Telephone: (601) 254-
9041.
Project Director: Mr. Robert E. Moore, (601) 254-7552.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: Grant will be awarded subject to successful
negotiations with HUD's Office of Procurement and Contracts.
The proposed project will provide a partnership opportunity that
will attract private lenders and in-kind funds as well as non-profit
outreach and technical assistance. A unique ``public/private''
partnership is planned to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing to
low-income homeowners.
Proposed Features:
(1) The project activities will include the code standard rehab of
homeowner housing units;
(2) Acquisition of substandard rental property;
(3) Relocation of low-income renter families;
(4) Construction of new replacement housing; and
(5) Demolition of substandard units.
3. Grambling State University
President: Dr. Harold W. Lundy, P.O. Box 607, Grambling, LA 71245,
Telephone: (318) 274-2211.
Project Director: Ms. Rosetta H. Days, Telephone: (318) 274-2660.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will assist in the economic
revitalization and restoration of a predominantly black college town
through renovation of Main Street business district.
Proposed Features:
(1) Provide provision for education, job skills training and
employment;
(2) Establishment of a community economic development center;
(3) Development of an anti-drug and crime prevention program;
(4) Improve the quality of family life through intergovernmental
recreational activities; and
(5) Create a functional partnership with the City of Grambling.
4. Lincoln University
President: Dr. Wendell G. Rayburn, Lincoln University, 830 Chestnut
Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101, Telephone: (314) 681-5042.
Project Director: Sherrie Koechling-Andrae, (314) 681-5487.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: This grant is a joint venture between the
Community Development Corporation of Kansas City and Lincoln
University, Jefferson City, Missouri. This proposed project will
attempt to meet the economic development needs of the Central Core
Enterprise Zone in Kansas City, Missouri.
Proposed Features:
(1) Conduct two ten-week entrepreneurial institutes to teach the
basic skills necessary to start-up and operate a small minority
business, including attitude and empowerment topics;
(2) Development of an entrepreneurial empowerment scale as a tool
to assist in the measurement of the potential successful business and
as a diagnostic tool in analysis of areas of the entrepreneurial needs
development;
(3) Provide a revolving loan program for businesses to be located
in the enterprise zone;
(4) Conduct two different types of workshops, one set on business
and home maintenance topics, and then an eight-week certified course
for real estate; and
(5) Dissemination of information to keep the public informed as to
the available programs and opportunities with the intention of
maintaining and developing the entrepreneurial network already
established.
5. Lemoyne-Owen College
President: Dr. Burnett Joiner, Lemoyne-Owen College, 807 Walker
Avenue, Memphis, TN 38126, Telephone: (901) 774-9090.
Project Director: Dr. McKinley C. Martin, (901) 775-3465.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $320,000.
Proposal Description: The project will establish a program for
community service and create an infrastructure to support and
strengthen economic development activities.
Proposed Features:
(1) Provide transitional living facilities to clients of the
Memphis Homeless Shelter Center who have been placed on jobs or in a
training/educational program;
(2) Provide facility for a day/night child care program to serve
clients and a limited number of other persons using space available
criteria;
(3) Establish a laboratory to co-locate services and agencies to
enhance the economic activity within the community surrounding LeMoyne-
Owen College of the LeMoyne Garden Community;
(4) Provide a facility to co-locate college and community
development support elements; and
(5) Provide facilities for agencies that will facilitate the
development of the infrastructure to support and strengthen economic
activities in the localities of Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee.
6. Spelman College
President: Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane,
SW. Atlanta, GA 30314, Telephone: (404) 681-3643.
Project Director: Ms. Olivia Scriven, (404) 223-7514.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $253,450.
Proposal Description: The project will implement an Entrepreneurial
Business Development Program dedicated to expand opportunities for
local business owners. Also, it will further contribute to the
stability of the area and the ability of Spelman College to assume a
more pivotal role in the area's growth and development.
Proposed Features:
(1) Provide technical assistance and special support services for
existing local business owners, including one-on-one consultations;
(2) Provide individualized courses and general instruction in the
areas of finance, accounting, strategic marketing and small business
management.
(3) Provide in-business training for community residents in
establishing a small business, including counseling, skills assessment,
mentoring;
(4) Provide hands-on training through employment with an existing
entrepreneur, as well as courses in business plan writing, venture
capital, financing, marketing and advertising.
7. Wiley College
President: Lamore J. Carter, Wiley College, Marshall, TX 75670,
Telephone: (903) 927-3201.
Project Director: Karen Dismukes, (919) 335-3702.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $499,007.
Proposal Description: The project will stimulate neighborhood
revitalization through affordable fair housing and economic
development.
Proposed Features:
(1) Rehabilitate a building that will be used to provide tutoring,
counseling to low- and moderate-income residents;
(2) Provide counseling to marginally profitably small businesses
which might otherwise be forced to close;
(3) Expand its cooperation with existing community organizations to
provide anti-gang, anti-drug, and anti-crime programs for the locality;
and
(4) Implement a program for low-income unwed mothers aimed toward
achieving meaningful employment and independence.
8. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Chancellor: Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., University of Arkansas at
Pine Bluff, North Cedar Street, Pine Bluff, AR 71601, Telephone: (501)
543-8980.
Project Director: Mr. Mack H. Talley, (501) 543-8000.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will expand UAPB's ability to
impact the problems of Pine Bluff and furnish the City with a community
facility that will serve as a conference and training center. Also, it
will complement existing public and private business and/or community
economic development efforts within the City.
Proposed Features:
(1) Acquire and renovate a facility to serve as a center for
community training, economic development plus CDC and business
incubation;
(2) Provide research and development assistance to a university-
connected CDC in the formation of for-profit business enterprises to
create jobs;
(3) Provide training and technical assistance to empower two public
housing resident councils; and
(4) Provide grants to support CDC-owned business development and
public housing resident council projects.
9. Fort Valley State College
President: Dr. Oscar L. Prater, Fort Valley State College, 1005
State College Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030.
Contact Person: Dorothy L. Crumbly, (912) 825-6397.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: Fort Valley State College and the City of
Fort Valley have formed a cooperative agreement to address neighborhood
revitalization in the areas of housing, community development, and
economic development.
Proposed Features:
(1) Contribute to neighborhood revitalization by acquiring and
demolishing the dilapidated rental property of six adjacent units on
State College Drive and Carver Drive;
(2) Construct two single-family units for low-/moderate-income
families;
(3) Utilize Department of Criminal Justice, Sociology and Social
Work, to help residents in the locality expand their commitment to
community, family, and economic lift; and
(4) Conduct informational programs designed to stimulate business
and economic development in selected rural communities.
10. Harris-Stowe State College
President: Dr. Henry Givens, Jr., Harris-Stowe State College,
Laclede Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, Telephone: (314) 340-3381.
Project Director: Dr. James W. Gorham, Jr., (314) 340-3381.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: Harris-Stowe State College in cooperation
with the City of St. Louis will implement the initial phase of an
ongoing, long-term revitalization and redevelopment program. The
completion of this work will result in a significant increase in the
College's capacity to make a meaningful contribution to comprehensive
revitalization/redevelopment efforts not only in its own neighborhood,
but also elsewhere in the City of St. Louis.
Proposed Features:
(1) Assist in the development of a center for child development,
parent education and self-sufficiency building; and
(2) Assist in the construction of a green space/playing field.
11. Fisk University
President: Dr. Henry Ponder, Fisk University, 1000 17th Avenue,
North Nashville, TN 37208, Telephone: (615) 329-8715.
Project Director: Dr. Jerry M. Shelton, III, (615) 329-8555.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will enable Fisk University to
take a leading role in addressing community development needs in the
residential and commercial areas adjacent to the campus.
Proposed Features:
(1) Fisk University will design and develop a neighborhood
commercial center on Jefferson Street adjacent to the campus;
(2) Implement a business incubator operated by the students and
faculty of the Fisk Business Administration Department;
(3) Fisk University is proposing through a nonprofit to build eight
housing units as rental properties to be available to low- and
moderate-income individuals or families; and
(4) Fisk University will implement a public service component which
will promote a linkage between the Boys and Girls Club, youth of the
Andrew Jackson Courts public housing project and students and faculty
of Fisk University.
12. Bennett College
President: Dr. Gloria Scott, Bennett College, 900 E. Washington
Street, Greensboro, NC 27401, Telephone: (919) 370-8626.
Project Director: Dr. Ulysses Bell, (910) 370-8602.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: Bennett College will operate an intensive and
extensive early intervention program to remove women and their families
off public welfare and to help them become viable economical families
producing tax contributions.
(1) Bennett College will construct a low-income 24-unit housing
complex and a child care center for low-income families on college-
owned land--land received to help enhance the commitment to improve the
Southeast area as part of community redevelopment; and
(2) Provide social workers, nutrition specialists (including food
preparation), economic development specialists, child and family
development specialists to support the project participants.
13. Morgan State University
President: Dr. Earl S. Richardson, Morgan State University, Cold
Spring Lane and Hillen Road, Baltimore, MD 21239.
Contact Person: Dr. Robert B. Hill, (410) 319-3200.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will provide important
educational, training and information services to welfare recipients
and their public housing resident councils that would expand on the
existing programs of Morgan State University (MSU) that are targeted to
residents of CDBG and other low-income areas in Baltimore City.
Proposed Features:
(1) Conduct Workforce Competency and Entrepreneurship (WCE) courses
that will permit public housing residents to enhance their employment
and entrepreneurial skills and to obtain associate certificates over a
two to three year period that can be credited toward a bachelor's
degree; and
(2) Conduct a series of on-site Technical Assistance (TA) workshops
for public housing resident councils and residents on how to assess
community needs, how to build and use a data-collection system for more
effective planning and community revitalization, etc.
14. Voorhees College
President: Dr. Leonard E. Dawson, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC
29041, Telephone: (803) 793-3544.
Project Director: Willie B. Owens, (803) 793-3351, ext. 7247.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The purpose of this project is to empower
low-income female heads of household to become self sufficient.
Proposed Features:
(1) Renovation of five (5) townhouses and one (1) bungalow to house
eleven (11) low-income families;
(2) Renovation of T. H. Moore Student Center to accommodate a
HeadStart Program that will complement the Bamberg Future 2000 Project;
and
(3) Recruit thirty (30) eligible program participants and enroll
them in Voorhees College as matriculating students.
15. Morris Brown College
President: Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr., Morris Brown College, 643
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314, (404) 220-0100.
Project Director: Dr. Wilton E. Heyliger, (404) 220-0233.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The purpose of this project is to create a
visible community development presence in the immediate neighborhood of
Morris Brown College and to leverage community development activities
of the College to maximize its impact on the locals.
Proposed Features:
(1) Establish a small business assistance center to augment the
current services of the Small Business Development Center;
(2) Renovate the first floor of Jordan Hall to provide space for a
child and family resource center; and
(3) Develop and conduct a workplace skills component for low- and
moderate-income residents to improve their skills to become more
competitive in the job market.
16. Kentucky State University
President: Dr. Mary L. Smith, Kentucky State University, East Main
Street, Frankfort, KY 40601, (502) 227-6260.
Project Director: Dr. Gus T. Ridgel, (502) 227-6688.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will assist in upgrading and
improving housing conditions in neighborhoods around the school. It
also will construct a community interaction center which will provide
services to residents of Douglas Avenue and the City of Frankfort.
(1) Acquisition of five vacant dilapidated structures which will
allow Kentucky State University to construct a community interaction
center and rebuilding of a 7-unit apartment building; and
(2) Construction of three new single-family dwellings.
17. Benedict College
President: Dr. David Swinton, Benedict College, Harden & Blanding
Streets, Columbia, SC 29204
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will implement activities that
will substantially expand its role and effectiveness in addressing
community development needs in the Read Street area of Columbia, South
Carolina.
Proposed Features:
(1) Proposed activities include job development and placement;
(2) Training for commercial janitorial service for entrepreneurs
and prospective staff;
(3) Training for child development associates;
(4) Case management and counseling based on needs and analyses
based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument;
(5) Provide workshops/seminars to include tutoring for adults and
children; and
(6) Provide workshops on financial planning and credit counseling,
family preservation, conflict resolution, negotiation skills and self-
esteem enhancement.
18. Elizabeth City State University
President: Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins, Elizabeth City State University,
Box 790, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, Telephone: (919) 335-3230
Project Director: Mr. Morris Autry, (919) 335-3702.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will conduct activities to
address rural community development needs.
Proposed Features: This project will conduct activities to address
rural community development needs.
(1) Increase affordable and decent housing opportunities for low-/
moderate-income persons by the rehabilitation of 10 homes in the Oak
Grove Neighborhood;
(2) Expand business and employment opportunities for low-/moderate-
income persons;
(3) Implement fair housing education and outreach activities; and
(4) Implement special programs to prevent drug abuse and
trafficking in public housing and other targeted areas of the city.
19. Texas Southern University
President: Dr. Joann Horton, Texas Southern University, 3100
Cleburne Avenue, Houston, TX 77004, Telephone: (713) 527-7033.
Project Director: Ella Nunn, (713) 527-7033.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will expand the role of Texas
Southern University in the Houston community through a proposed program
providing assistance in business planning and development, management
and technical assistance, education, and training for the creation and
expansion of small businesses. This program is a planned linkage with
the City of Houston's funded Small Business Development Center.
Proposed Features:
(1) Creation of linkage through a Memorandum of Agreement between
Texas Southern University and City of Houston's Small Business
Development Center;
(2) Development of programs which provide a continuum of care for
the homeless; and
(3) Assistance to implement a program which aggressively provides
opportunities for the creation and expansion for small and
disadvantaged businesses.
20. Norfolk State University
President: Dr. Harrison B. Wilson, Norfolk State University, 2401
Corprew Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504, Telephone: (804) 683-8670.
Project Director: Carolyn Bell, (804) 683-8236.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: Norfolk State's proposed activities in phase
two will implement a holistic approach and relate to affordable
housing, crime, training, employment, economic development, health,
reducing social barriers caused by income, and family stability.
Proposed Features:
(1) Build five (5) new homes in the Brambleton community for low-
income persons;
(2) Sponsor home affordability and fair housing workshops for an
expanded number of persons;
(3) Provide paid apprenticeship training to five (5) low-income
adults targeting Brambelton residents;
(4) Sponsor career education and job information workshops
targeting Brambelton and Norfolk's other low-income areas;
(5) Develop a health education and fitness program;
(6) Develop a mentoring program for fifteen (15) Brambelton youth,
ages 7-15;
(7) Conduct parenting workshops for low-income persons, targeting
Brambelton residents and open to other Norfolk low-income areas; and
(8) Reduce crime in Brambelton, especially drug trafficking.
21. Saint Paul's College
President: Dr. Thomas M. Law, Saint Paul's College, 406 Windsor
Avenue, Lawrenceville, VA 23868.
Project Director: Dr. Stanley W. Johnson, (804) 848-3355.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: This project will provide an access road to
the 212-acre lake, resources and facilities for public fishing, and
limited recreational use of a five-acre tract adjacent to Great Creek,
and appropriate parking.
Proposed Feature:
(1) Provide child care for the children of single parents in a
model program whereby they can get a college education and become
independent of public assistance; and
(2) Build two (2) small shelters in the Brunswick Community Park.
22. Johnson C. Smith University
Interim President: Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Johnson C. Smith
University, 100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216.
Project Director: Mr. Isaac Heard, Jr., (704) 378-1272.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $499,974.
Proposal Description: The project will support activities
undertaken by the Johnson C. Smith University, Community Development
Corporation.
Proposed Features:
(1) Build new affordable housing and stabilize the existing housing
stock within the corridor through a program of rehabilitation;
(2) Plan, market and build a community-based office complex into
which local entrepreneurs can be ``graduated'' from the West Charlotte
Business Incubator;
(3) Attract jobs to the area of the Corridor which are appropriate
for the skill and experience levels of the unemployed and underemployed
residents of the corridor; and
(4) Implement a Neighborhood Leadership Training Program that will
work to provide corridor residents with the skills necessary to
advocate for their own needs and desires in the corporate, government
and not-for-profit arenas.
23. Prairie View A&M Research Foundation
President: General Julius Becton, Prairie View, TX 77446,
Telephone: (409) 857-2111, HUD Grant Award: $499,945.
Project Director: Mr. Bruce Cunningham, (409) 845-0605.
Proposal Description: The project will build a Community Center for
utilization by the neighborhood residents.
Proposed Features: The Community Center will serve as a meeting
place for senior citizens, youth and families. It also will provide
necessary services to the community and the family, opportunities for
economic uplift--job training, business seminars and educational
activities.
24. Clark Atlanta University
President: Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Clark Atlanta University, James P.
Brawley Drive, at Fair Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30314, Telephone: (404)
880-8500.
Project Director: Dr. Edward R. Davis (404) 880-8461
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $490,000.
Proposal Description:
(1) The project will provide for the acquisition cost for up to
five units of deteriorated and/or vacant single- or two-family houses
in the Clark Atlanta University target area;
(2) Rehabilitate these houses and sell each unit, at a cost not to
exceed $55,000 to low- and moderate-income facilities; and
(3) The School of Social Work will deliver comprehensive social
services and job training assistance to selected low-moderate-income
families.
25. Albany State College
President: Dr. Billy C. Black, 504 College Drive, Albany, GA 31705,
Telephone: (912) 430-4604.
Project Director: Lois B. Hollis (912) 430-4604.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000
Proposal Description: The project will conduct activities that
impact positively on the Washington Homes neighborhood. It is in
support of efforts to promote home ownership of the Albany Housing
Authority which operates the public housing facilities in the City of
Albany, Georgia.
Proposed Features:
(1) Provide technical assistance and support services for non-
profit housing groups and community organizations who have already
become partners with Albany Community Development in building low- and
moderate-income housing;
(2) Develop a curriculum to train non-profit housing groups and
community organizations that wish to build low- and moderate-income
housing;
(3) Develop a course to train prospective low- and moderate-income
home buyers in the responsibilities and obligations of home ownership.
(4) Develop a Comprehensive Housing Services Curriculum to train
trainers in how to provide human residential services in transitional
housing;
(5) Conduct a series of workshops designed to introduce aspiring
low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs in the target neighborhood to
basic business ownership ideas; and
(6) Establish a Minority Business Mentorship Program that will
match fledgling entrepreneurs in Economic Development Uplift program
with established business entrepreneur for mentorship.
26. Hamption University
President: Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University, East Queen
Street, Hampton, VA 23504, Telephone: (804) 727-5231.
Project Director: Mr. Robert C. Askew, (804) 727-5570.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project will provide a vehicle for
outreach into the locality of Phoebus and the City of Hampton.
Proposed Features:
(1) Create a partnership with the City of Hampton and the Hampton
Redevelopment and Housing Authority to assist in preserving and
rehabilitating existing inventory of low-income housing;
(2) Create a partnership to provide down payment assistance for
home ownership opportunities, for eligible low- and moderate-income
persons, through Fannie Mae's Community Home Buyer's Program 3/2
component;
(3) Create a small business incubator to stabilize the community,
strengthen the family and provide economic uplift;
(4) Support small and disadvantaged business owners, unemployed and
underemployed persons;
(5) Create Partnerships with the City of Hampton and the private
sector to address the physical, social and economic needs of the
Phoebus community in a comprehensive manner; and
(6) Conduct a Fair Housing Conference to provide and disseminate
information regarding homeownership opportunities, mortgage credit,
insurance and fair housing laws and regulations.
27. Shaw University
President: Dr. Talbert O. Shaw, Shaw University, 118 E. South
Street, Raleigh, NC 27611, Telephone: (919) 546-8200.
Project Director: Dr. Arlease G. Salley, (919) 546-8375.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The project activities are designed to
determine the economic impact of implementing programs to enhance the
economic viability of southeast Raleigh, a low-to-moderate-income
community that surrounds Shaw University.
Proposed Features:
(1) Establish a Neighborhood Economic Empowerment Center where
technical assistance will be available to current, new, and prospective
business owners;
(2) Conduct economic and business seminars for residents and
business owners;
(3) Develop a Community Education Outreach Program to provide
practical economic and business information seminars to residents and
business owners in order to increase participation in their own
economic growth;
(4) Expand Southeast Raleigh Community Development Corporation's
Homeownership Counseling Program as they continue their housing
construction program; and
(5) Develop a comprehensive data base of southeast Raleigh to be
used by the City of Raleigh and others as they continue to identify
funds for economic development in the area.
28. Coppin State College
President: Dr. Calvin W. Burnett, Coppin State College, 200 West
North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21239, Telephone: (410) 383-5910.
Project Director: Mr. Melvin A. Bilal, (410) 290-0280.
Project Funds: HUD Grant Award: $500,000.
Proposal Description: The proposed project will conduct activities
to improve the physical redevelopment of the Coppin Heights
Neighborhood adjacent to the College.
Proposed Features:
(1) Renovation of existing residential structures for conversion to
a neighborhood health clinic;
(2) The School of Nursing and the Coppin State College Development
Foundation will jointly develop a neighborhood health clinic run by
nurses and other school of nursing support personnel;
(3) Coppin State College will develop an innovative mixed
development for the entire 2500 block of North Avenue, redeveloping
existing 3-story row houses for low/mod income rental housing on the
two (2) upper levels, with neighborhood retail on the lower or street
levels.
Dated: October 31, 1994.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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