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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 WILLIAM S. HOWLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR October 12, 1967 MRS. EVELYN DODDS SECRETARY Dear Executive Committee Men:ber: First of all, our October meeting is to be held next THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 (instead of the customary third Wednesday of the month) in the Directors Room of the Fulton Federal Savings Association Building, S. W. corner of Pryor Street and Edgewood Avenue. Chairman Sommerville and I earnestly hope you will be able to join us at this meeting because we have a very important rr.atter to consider with you. It is - how our committee can participate in the new federal 221 H program to rehabilitate deteriorated housing. If you attended the September meeting, you will recall that Mr. Finn of FHA explained the details of this new program. What he said indicated that it offered a fine opportunity for our committee to help meet our city's need for adequate housing. We h a ve taken a first step by filing an application for a federal grant of $96, 000 w hich w e hope may be approved by next Thursday . To put this grant to work, we n eed to form a nonprofit corporation. How we can do this will be explained Oct ober 19. It is not a difficult undertaking. W e would like the benefit of your thi nki ng on w hat c an be a very worthwhile project for our committee. In addition to di s c u s sing t he 221 H program next Thur sday , we will be b r ou ght up to d a t e o n ur ban r enew al by Howa rd Openshaw, r edevelopment d i rector fo r Atlanta Housing Autho r i ty. Also, if time permits, Har o ld Davis , o ur e x ecutive committee man w h o d irects public relations for Georgia State College , will t e ll us bri e fly about the colle ge's new urban affai rs academic progr a m . Sincerely, William S . How l a nd P. S. As you can see by the enve lope in w hich thi s lette r comes to you that the Post Offic e Dept. is putting a sta mp of approva l on our activitie s . �