Residents are invited to attend a community meeting to review the Mayor's proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-R) Budget from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The City will allocate approximately $19.2 million to stimulate the economy through measures that modernize the city's infrastructure, improve energy efficiency, expand educational opportunities and access to healthcare.

The CDBG-R program must primarily benefit low- and moderate-income people. Residents have an opportunity to provide comments and suggestions prior to the adoption of the ARRA budget by the Mayor and Council.

All comments will be forwarded to the City Council, the Mayor, and submitted to HUD.

More ARRA information is available at the following HUD websites: www.hud.gov/ recovery and http://www.recovery .lacity.org/

A community meeting is scheduled at the location listed below. The site is accessible to people with disabilities, and a Spanish translator will be available if requested in advance.

The Community Meeting will be held at:

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Echo Park Library
1410 W Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
6 PM

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For additional information and requests, please contact the Community Development Department, Greg Woo at (213) 744-7100. For those who cannot attend but still wish to participate, comments or suggestions may be emailed to Gregory.Woo@lacity.org or mailed to:

City of Los Angeles, Community Development Department
Administrative Services Division, Grants Section, Attn: Grants Supervisor
1200 W 7th Street, 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017