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4. PRESS RELEASES <br />a. HUD's Re- Certification of the Workable Program: <br />The hair presented the Honorable Jerry J. Miller, Mayor, <br />City of South Bend, for the announcement: Mayor Miller -- <br />"The City of South Bend has received word that the <br />Workable Program for community improvement has been <br />certified by HUD. This document outlines the City's <br />plan of action in the following areas: Housing, Codes <br />and Code Enforcement, Planning and Citizen Consulta- <br />tion. <br />"This document is presently available for public re- <br />view at the following locations: Office of the City <br />Clerk, PAC Centers, the Public Library and University <br />Libraries. <br />"A good deal of community effort went into the prepara- <br />tion of this document. Many groups and individual <br />citizens and all cabinet officials and the Mayor parti- <br />cipated in the preliminary and detailed consultations <br />which lead up to the final draft of the document. The <br />Common Council reviewed the draft, and made its sugges- <br />tions, updated our files and building codes, and ap- <br />proved the Workable Program. <br />"We appreciate HUD's confidence in our strategy for <br />community improvement and we perceive their funding of <br />the NDP as a sign of their confidence in the future of <br />South Bend." <br />HUD APPROVES RE- <br />CERTIFICATION OF <br />WORKABLE PROGRAM <br />b. Neighborhood Development Program: President HUD <br />Helm an announced that the Department of Redevelopment has HOOD <br />received approval of an One Million Dollar Grant for the GRAM <br />Neig borhood (NDP) Application which was submitted to the IND. <br />Indianapolis Area Office of HUD on September 15, 1972: <br />"After many tries, I am pleased that the program - -for <br />the Southeast Side especially- -will now get off the <br />ground. <br />"I want to congratulate the PAC Committees and they <br />have our heartiest congratulations." <br />Mayop Miller: <br />"Many, many months of working with this administration <br />and with the previous administration to develop some <br />type of program and funding for the Southeast neighbor- <br />hood. Not exactly every bit of the amount we would <br />like, but I am really pleased we have had some funding- - <br />accomplishment of PAC and Southeast neighborhood- -and <br />beginning of acquisition in that neighborhood. <br />S&M <br />APPROVES NEIGHBOR - <br />DEVELOPMENT PRO - <br />(NDP), PROJECT <br />A -10 <br />