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MDA M ET RO POL IT AN DEVEL O PM ENT ASSOCIATION OF S YR AC USE & 0 NON DAG A CO U N'T Y INC. JOHN R. SEARLES JR.• EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT October 1, 1969 Mayor Ivan Allen Atlanta, Georgia . Dear Mayor Allen: After our splendid visit t ~ tlanta in 19 67 with Mayor Walsh, I have retu r tllecl to Atlanta to view the progress of your Mode l Ci tYy Progr am. I find i t mo s t i mpressive and an outs ta nding Mode l Ci ty effort in the Uni ted States. Syracuse is a second round city and we are ju s t now in the stage of putting our program togethe r . A complete c o py of you r program wo uld b e tremendously helpful and I have written Mr. Johnnie Johnson about this and hope that he will be able to send us one . Again, I congratulate you and y o ur staff on th e splendid job you are doing in this very complex program. With best wishes, Sincerely, A(=.ir. Executive Vice President JRS: cw 1900 STATE TOWER B U ILDING SYRACUSE . N . Y . 13202 TEL . 422-8284 �