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CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL-ATLANTA, GA. 30303 PHONE 524-2745 ROBERT L. SOMMERVILLE CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY November 14, 1967 Dear Executive Comn,ittee Member - Just to remind you that because of the Turkey Day holiday, we are meeting next Tuesday, repeat Tuesday, November 21, at 2 p. m. in the directors room of the Fulton Federal Savings and Loan building, on the southwest corner of Pryor and Edgewood. Even though that is two days before Thanksgiving Day, we have a lot to be thankful for and to be interested in. For instance: 1. Our legal eagle, Hugh Peterson, Jr., has completed the incorporation of our non-profit corporation to enable u s to participate in the 221-H rehab program. Mr. Peterson will brief u s about the w o rking s of our non-profit corporation with its almost non-pronounceable name ... The Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Rehabilitation Corporation, Inc. (CACURRCI) . How's that for a tongue twister and a headline writer's headache? 2. We have received official confirmation from John F. Thi gpen, Georgia FHA director, that we have been granted $96, 000 to cover the rehabilitation of eight dwelling units. 3. To help CACURRCI get started PDQ on putting this grant to work, Mr. Thigpen is delegating Otis M. Haire, Georgia FHA real estate evaluator, to meet with us Tuesday and outline the steps that CACURRCI must take. 4. Also to help us to get started with utmost speed, Lester H. Persells, AHA Associate Executive Director, will give us some specific sites to consider. �-2- So how we can begin active participation in 221-H will be the first order of business Tuesday. Also we will have a brief report from Herbert Waldrip, our Bedford-Pine Associate Committee Chairman, on some recent developments in that area. All in all, a full menu is presented for our pre-Thanksgiving meeting. Chairman Sommerville and I will be very thankful if you can attend and give us the benefit of your thinkin~. Sincerely yours, -. ~11( I IlA ~-~~ William S. Howlarid �