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HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0504 Phone {202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 P.M. Friday June 27, 1969 HUD MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO BOSTON Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender - of a $7,718,000 Model Cities contract to Boston, Mass. Boston will also be given substantial support from other programs administered by HUD, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of Labor, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable the city to begin the first-year action phase under its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be us ed by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is the Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private involvement in the Boston program. The Boston Model Cities Administration has obtained commitments of funds and services from local corporations, private organizations and universities. Among the groups to be involved in manpower and economic development are the Boston Urban Foundation and the National Alliance of Businessmen. The Contractors Association of Boston Institute will work with the housing development program. The Urban League will operate two innovative e ducational programs with curricula developed by five institutions- - Wheelock, Boston Un i versity, Boston Coll ege, Simmons and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Commenting on the deci sion to t ender a contract, Secretary Romne y explained that thi s was done after a careful review of the Boston comprehe nsive plan. The plan wa s tho roughly studied (MORE) �-2- HUD-No. 69-0504 and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal departments and agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Boston has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first-year action program," he sa i d. A total of 150 communities in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. Pa ul Parks, Administrator Model Citie s Adm inistrat i on Bartlett Building 2401 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 For furthe r information: Mayor Kevin Whi te City Hall Bos ton, Ma s sachuse tts Note : 02101 A s ummary of the Boston Model Cit i es pr ogram i s a v ailable upon requ e st to t h e Offi c e o f Publ i c Affa irs , U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development , Washington , D. C. 20 410.

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