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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.
[FR Doc. 94-27367 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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