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STATEMENT OF ·MAYOR BENDER ON MODEL CITIES PROGRAM August 1, 1969 The Model cities Program is a cooperative effort among the Federal Government, State Government, the City Government and the residents who live in the Model Neighborhood Area. As such, the specific program designed to correct the problems in the Model Neighborhood Area will be a product of the cooperative effort of all those involved. On August 2nd, the 25 members of the CDA Board who will represent the citizens of the Model Neighborhood Area will be· elected. Every resident of the Area should plan to vote in his district at one of the polling places listed below. ( Never has ' an election been held in this Area which affe~ted the liv~s of its residents more directly and significantly than will this one. In order to vote in the election, residents must be registered with the Model Cities Program. Registration has been conducted (1) house-to - house in the Model Neighborhood, · (2) at the centers listed below during Ju_ly and, (3) at the Moclel Cities Office, 1418 Mccallie Avenue between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 : 00 p . m. for the past month. As of July 30, 1969, the following numbers of people had registered. �., PAGE TWO DISTRICT I 655 DISTRICT II 592 DISTRICT III 1302 DISTRICT IV 380 DISTRICT V 564 ...... .·.• ·--· DISTRICT VI 537 I DISTRICT VII 1066 TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS 5096 It is estimated t h a t is registered to vot e ~ 70% o f the MNA population o ver 18 In other Model Citie s around the country the leve l of r es i dent p articipa tion h as ave r a ged 10% to 15%. ( Votin g will b e on Augu st 2, 196 9 f r om 9 :00 a .m . u nt il 9:00 p.m. at the following place s which a re shown on the a tt a che d ma p .0 District District District ·Dist ri c t Distr i ct District District 1 11 111 lV V Vl Vll East Area Neighborhood Service Center Bo one-Hysinge r Community Center Avonda le Community Center Carv er Commun i ty Ce n ter Carv er Commun ity Center Orch ard Knob El ementary School Orch ard Knob Jr. High School One key to the success of the Model cities Program is the direct participation of the citi zen s of the Mode l Ne ighborhood Ar e a. The f a ct is that the Mode l Citie s Program c a nnot succeed without the p articipa tion of a significant numbe r of the r e sidents o f the MNA. I wa n t t o u rge e a c h a nd e v e ry v oter reg i s t ered to p artic i pate i n �PAGE THREE the Modelcities Program to vote on August 2, 1969 at the appropriat~ voting place. ( -- �' ell5T // R1:/f X ~ ,1,"E;Ht.3Vf-i'/{C> 01J APh:.. 1NG. Sr. sc1-;/1'1CC CENTt:k C-f<VTCHF/£Ll) .5T I l l>!STl?ICT I I~ , IC) .l>!5T/?ICT' :i:, ~ . ~ ~ JI.

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