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- ·-=-,---~__..... ·- APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FROM THE URBAN CRISIS FUND OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES This application is for funds needed to provide staff and technical assistance in the continuation of the activities outlined in the attached 'i' h !ii'ca h ~v Q b Qi.ln e0ve rai dtN~lopm~nts td,rHHI · "' _preparation of the program statement: the Trust Company of Georgia i . p t- o g;~A-m lll t: 1:1.1a ,mont, \\ _has gran:'t ed the loan to tie up the land for the shopping center; pre-. lir.ninary site design studies have been made and one selected by the Board of Trustees; and formal application to the Atlanta Housing Authority for purchase and develop ~nt of the , site has been made (see enclosed news clipping). The Trust Company" of Georgia and the Atlanta Mortgage Brokers Association are using their influence to interest the triple-A tenants needed to satisfy mortgage requirements. A nationwide, Negro- owned grocery chain which has previously expressed interest in locating in Atlanta is being contacted and arrangements set up for representatives from their Baltimore headquarters to come to Atlanta to discuss leasing space in the center. A group of area residents is being assi s ted by Reverend Ford of Emmaus House in establishing a caterin g service as a profit-motivated .,.. small business. T he bu s i n e ss will pr epare and deliver lunches to small businesses in L • . .:, ~ ..:~ : :. ·. op o litan area. Exis ting c a tering services will not serve loc a h o ~-~~ w:;._tn l e ss t h an fi ft y e mployees, sp t he new venture ' will tap a ma rket with no p r es e n t competition . The catering service is e xpected to be the fir s t indi g enous ·.: c:: ant of t h e s . : . op ping center. Oc c upan cy h as b egun i n t he p u b lic h o u srng pr oj ec t acja c ent t o the site. Th e c ons t ruction. c o.·.1. p a :: y which buL~ t,:;. ese un i t s c o nside red in 7"' .... ·· t ~ ;_;:.tJ. ( ,.or c on s truc"'~or. . o f t he l".:.. • a s ked to be ... '.·::- and G eo r gia Powe:.: C o,-·::· I I -... ·1I I NGPN ~

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ijJ i:1- th~n3·fH'l !'l~Jh,.• cj WAJ'Ut oi" la ,,.i; th@ s;~t'}~pirlg eent e1· .p-i'egl'~ffi fia:§ _ sw~ng into full action, Yff~ ~:.e ,eur-p€H."(i.tl11:1f1 n ~m.air-..~ wi-lif+eH~ s t aff afi:J I ! �- - --.. . . technical assistance available on cvmmand. Resources to provide this man power are needed as quickly as possible. ·I If ii The other major program development is in regard to the industrial goal. ! The proposal for the feasibility study has been completed, i I I submitted to the Lockheed-Georgia Company and forwarded to national · · offices in Burbank, California. II At Lockheed's suggestion, the study I l I sp e Qi£iQally w~ll. b 9 £e ;r a 1;;gm m u nity -- ewn0 d a nd ~emmu n ity•ep 0 l"ated plant. Lockheed is ta: a) guarantee purchase of a set amount of I \\ I out-put, '-' b) provide management and engineering assistance and c) participate in underwriting costs of initial operation, machinery and physical facility procurement. made available, if desired. A copy of the proposal will be Very little manpoy,er is needed from the corporation at this time on thi~ item. To meet minimum requirements, a grant of $20, 000 is respectfully requested. I t is anticiapted that this amount will cover the needs of the corporation for six mont hs at the level of activity that can be foreseen at t h is point. During the p er iod, construction should get undervay on t he cent er, tenants should b e signed up and manageme:q.t and main t e nan ce plans made. O t her pru g ram efforts should be con- tinued, i n cluding the industr ial e ffort s , and :program alternatives car efully e x plored. T h e t w enty thousand dollars, i f provi d e d , will be spent in two major Gt areas: ope rat i on and assis tanc e. · O n e -h 11£ th e amount {$10 , 000} would b e alloted to each. T he p r o p os e d op e r a ting b u dget is as follo w s : Operating Expenditure s (o n annual b as is ): Salaries: Executive officer Secretary Subtotal $ 7,8 00 . 00 Overhead:Rent Utilities Telephone Transporta t i on* Offic e supplies Subtotal $ 1, 2 00 . 00 900. 00 300.00 720.00 300.00 5,2 00 . 00 $13, 000. 00 1 (. -. I Total _{for one- half year . • • . • 3,420.00 $16, 420. 00 $ 8, 210. 00) �Capital Expenditures: $ Used auto Renovation and signs Furniture Office equipment Subtotal - : .- 800.00 140. 00 300.00 250.00 $ 1, 790. 00 Grand Total: $10, 000. 00 ):<Gas, oil, insurance and repairs \' It is anticipated that technical assistance would be procured as follows: Planning and Development Consultant $ 6, 500. 00 Preliminary Architectural Services* 1,. 500 . 00 Economic and Bookkeeping Services 1, 000. 00 Legal Fees ana Expenses 1, 000. 00 Total $10, 000. 00 Expenses can be expected to vary from these amounts depending on developmem:s and activities within the overall program framework, and as a rule of thumb, a total of about $50, 000 will be needed to make the shopping center alone operational. However, additional funding from other sources can also be expected and other requests will be made of the Urban Crisis Fund, if receptive. MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD, INC. is currently in urgent need of immediate funding as outlined above. ,. Any future requests to the Fund will depend on how satisfied the Fund is with results of this money and how suc·c essful MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD, INC. is in getting those results. Edward Moody, Chairman Board of Trustees MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD, INC.

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·- �MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD, INC. Statement of Program Puroose Model Neighborhood, Inc., is a legally charte red, non-profit, self-help corporation formed by longtime residents of s e ctions of Atlanta included in the city's Model Neighborhood Area. It was formed to enable -those who reside, work or ,,.own property in this area to sponsor self-help programs of economic development, housing a n d job traini n g in their own community. The corporation desires to be a v e hicle through w hich the people of the area c a n participa te fully in promis es of the socia l, p h ysical and econ om ic r e development of the Model Neighborhood Prog r am . The Board of Trustees keenly feels the need for such grass -root s parti cipa tion and fe e ls that it must happen soon. Too oft en t h e p eop l e h ave been p romis e d pr o g rams that would dir e ctly touch thei r lives , y e t hav e not seen or fe l t any effe ct. Too o ften, it has seem ed tha t programs de s i gned to h elp the poor have helped everyone but the poo r . P r o g r am is n ow. The time to involve the poor in the Model Neighborhood T he corporat i on, mad e up of wo r kers, residents a nd property o wner s in the area , has a s i ts p u rpose to b e a -m eans by which i n volve ment can o ccur and c an b egin immedia t ely. Specific G oal s and Pr o gram S tatu s To develop and operate a neighborhood sho pping center. Negotia tions are und erw a y for p urchasing two parcels of l an d from the Atlanta H o using Authority. The tracts are a c r o ss the street from each o ther; together , they comprise about f ou r acres ; both are z o ned for commer cia l use. Total purchase price is $216,000 . 0 0. A firm commitment has been· obtained fr om a local bank (Trust Company of Georgia) to loan the co rpo r ation the down payment necessar y to tie up the land while developm ent plans are being firmed up. The corporation has rai s ed from its membership and placed on deposit sufficient funds to prepay the interest on the loan. Arrangements -- for permanent financing (land and construction) are .under discussion with participating companies in the insurance industry's one- billion dollar loan program. The cor-poration is being assisted by the Trust Company of Georgia in these negotiations. A preliminary. mar ket study .prepared for the corporation by Hammer, Green, Siler and Associates, showed . that the ar ea could support · 56, 000 square feet of convenience g.o ods retail space. ' Six hundred fifty new �r-:-~----,."- ·· . units of public housing are now be~ng occupied adjacent to the site. Major oil companies are being contacted by the corporation for possible leasing of combined gasoline service and training facilities in the shopping center. Tentative verbal commitments have been obtained from several potential institutional tenants pending the working out of space requirements and costs, and a number of area residents have expressed desires to have the COl" poration asaist them to obtain financing for proprietorship businesses which would lease _space in the center. The corporation itself is considering establishing a cc;;·~ peratively owned retail drug store which would be a tenant of the center. The Atlanta Housing Authority and the Chairman of the Aldermanic Planning and Development Committee have endorsed the project and are giving full support to the corporation's efforts. The current critical need is capital to make the project "operational." Sources to provide one hundred percent of land and construction costs have been located. What is needed is money to buy manp ow er --both staff and technical consultants. Staffing requirements are very minimal at this point; no more than two full-time employees are necessary and they would be area residents. Technical assistance requirements include architectual, legal, financial and managerial. It is estimated that as much as $50, 000 may be required eventually in order to make the one-million dollar· center operational; however, a $10-20, 000 grant or loan at thi s time is crucial t o allow the Board of Trustees to firm up plans and realistically appraise overall cost-benefit ratios. To create neighborhood owned and operated industry. Representatives of the corporation are now negotiating with one of the state's leading industrial firms to establish a component assembly plant within th~ Model Cities Area under the sponsorship o f the corporation. A proposal to the industrial firm to provide financing for a feasibility study is now being prepared by the Industrial Development Division of Georgia Tech at the firm I s suggestion. The corporation will request several thousand dollars in the form of a loan or grant to undertake the feasibility study. To sponsor low- and moderate-income housing. Members of the Board of Trustees have met with the Federal Housing Agency to express the corporation I s interest in the 22l(H), housing rehabilitation program. The Board was advised that approximately $1, 000 in refundable l) �"se e d mone.y 11 would be r equired. -Tentative agreement for a loan for . t this purpose h a s been obtained from the Presbyterian Ch4rch of the United States. A separate non-profit corporation has been chartered with Emmaus House of the Episcop~l Chruch to undertake the 22l{H) phase of the program. Board members are now reviewing the City's plans for redevelopment in the Mecha nicsville and Summerhill neighborhoods with the purpose in mind t~ QQr,n,•dinat~ th~ c 0 :1:pora.ti.on efforts w i t h the e~ o f tho City of Atl a nt a. . \; In other housinl efforts, volunteer technical assistants have been instructed to develop innovative alternat ives for possible housing demonstration projects within the framework of the Fede ral 22l(d){3) prog ram. Two· area churches have e x pressed desires to s p onsor such projects. To provide vocat ional training . T h e corporation ' s prim a ry conc e rn is to deve lop e ntrepreneurship rather than sim p l y job t r a ining . Through its experienc e w i th i t s own prog ram developmen t, i t s a c ti vities in the fi e lds outl i n ed above, its f a cilities (s h opping cente r ) and c apital r e sou rc e s obt ained t h rou gh doing business a nd r e ceiving loa n s and g r ants , the co rp o ratio n h o pe s t o be th e n on - p ro fi t ve h icl e thr ough which a ss i s tance t o area re s ident s de siring t o establ is h pr o fit m aking small b usin e s s e s may be c hanneled . F o r exampl e , a pr o p o rtion o f t he s h o pping c enter spac e suffi c ien t to g u arantee meeting m o rtgag e retirem e n t n eeds (a p pro ximately 60 per c ent o f th e s pa c e ) w ill be lea s e d only to well-e stablis h ed tenant s ; the remainder will be made a vail able as firs t p rior ity t o local r es i dents attempting new business v entu res. Di re c t techn ical a s s i s tanc e t o such new e n terprises has been p r ovi de d by v ario u s p rivate and g o vernmental gr oups in the Atlant a area. One new c ~ r a tio n entirely separate and distinct fr om Model Neighbor h ood, Inc . , is · alr e ady b e ing formed by profi t motiva ted r e sidents in anticipation o f thi s corporation's succe s s with the shopping center program. To facilitate the physi c al redevel opment of the Model Cities Area, The corporation desires to contribute to redevelopment efforts of the Model Cities Area not only through coordinating its own development programs with proposed ·city activities, but also to act a s liaison between area resident s a nd . governmental agencies, to reite rate both criteria and sugges tions of proposals . through a continuing public information and idea ex change program. The corporation intends to directly involve area re sidents in the pl a nning process I ., �r-1 in an advocative manner through te_chnical assistance obtained by one or . . more of three methods: 1. By having technical assistance made directly available to area residents as a part of the Model Cities Program. At best, this would mean having a planning staff p h ysically located in the area with an office available to citizens desiring information and wishing \\ to express criticisms or suggestions of plans; i I,' 2. By obtaining funds to hire consultants or staff to prepare proposals r e flecting area reside nts desires and fe lt needs. Such proposals would then be submitted to the Model Cities agency for consideration; and/or 3. By obtaining vol unteer technica l assistan ce to develop more satisfactory alte rnatives to M o del Cities Pr o g1·am proposals where nec e ssary. Such volunte e r technical assistance has been offered, but is believed by th e B oard to be less satisfactory than the other two possibilitie s, since it is the Board's desire to facilitate the Model C iti es Program rather than challenge or countermand it. The corporation proposes to further fa cilitate the pr ogram thr ough expenditure of i ts resources on community i mproveme n t projects of a public nature. Such proj ects might include building parks and recr eation areas, landscaping and beautification projects not within the city's budget o r domain, and providing equipment and supplies not o therwis e available to area schools. Continued Programming The corporation has defined its p u rp ose, listed goals as formulated to date and stated progress made toward those goals in the preceding pages. Major emphasis has been and continues to be placed on the shopping center . At the same time, alternatives and new ideas are constantly be ing explored. Volunteer technical assistance has been used solely to explore and implement the corporation's ideas and desires, yet, such volunteer assiste1.nce, while greatly appreciated remains the largest roadblock to implementation. By its very nature, such assistance is always .at the leisure of the volunteers and ,.· �- - --· I .1 the program moves slowly as a con_sequence. Rapid progress will be made only when the corporation has funds enough to buy manpower. Yet, it is central to the Board's policy that the corporation retain its "self-help" nature. The people of the Model Neighborhood Area have the abilities needed to shar e in the improvement of their own community, and d e monstrate self-reliance. The corpo r a tion can serve to spark initiative and pr~wide a framework within which the people can help themselves only if de'~ision-making remains in the hands of the people. .\\ While the corporation will continue to seek assistance from outside the community t·1i and w ill continue t o give assistance within the community, any assistance o ffe red will not be acceptable unless it perpe~uates this self-h'elp objective. Board of T rus tee s I Edward Moody, Chairman 2 41 Doan e S t r e et, S . W . Atl a nt a, G e orgi a 30315 524-0060 C. G. Ezzar d 2 4 5 Atlanta A v enu e , S. E. A tlanta, G e orgia W . M. L ewis 711 M arti n S t r eet, S. E. / ' Atl anta, Ge or g ia Avery Sh i eld s 9 8 5 Smith Street, S . W. Atlanta, G e org i a S amu e l W . Coch ran 137 Van i ra Street , S. E . Atlanta , Georgia . I N a thaniel Pr o tho 68 9 Ira Str e e t Atlanta, G e orgia G e orge G r i e r 398 Glenn Stree t , S. W. Atlanta , Ge o rgia Maggie Evans 159 L ittle Street, S. E. Atl anta, Ge o rgia I Robert Allison 914 McDaniel Street, S. W. Atlanta, G e org ia t. t. Cl ark Martin 10 6 5 M c Dani el S treet, S. W. Atlanta, G e o rg i a ,, I. r ,I Joe Sta lling s 101 V a nira Street, S. E. Atlant a , Geo rgia Aus tin Ford 1017 Capitol Avenue, S . E. Atlanta, Geo_r gia

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