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HUDNEWS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON D.C. 20410
HUD No. 69-0511 FOR RELEASE AFTER:
Phone (202) 755-6980 70:00 a.m., Thursday
June 26, 1969
MODEL CITIES CONTRACT
TENDERED TO CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
Secretary George Romney of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development today announced the tender of a $1,523,000 Model Cities contract
to Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge will also be given support from other programs administered
by HUD, by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of
Justice and the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Cambridge to begin the
first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities pro-
grame State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the
city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical
and economic problems within the Model Cities area.
Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee
on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in
the Cambridge program.
Beginning with the preparation of the application for planning funds,
voluntary participation from many parts of the Cambridge community has been
a strong feature of the Cambridge model cities program. Schools and other
private groups will take part in first year action projects. Harvard and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be involved in the education
component, and MIT will also assist in designing improvements for Sennott
Park.
In the housing area, the Cambridge Corporation is supporting the
development of a proposed cooperative project and scattered site public
housing «
Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney
explained that this was done after a careful review of the Cambridge compre-
hensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the
Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those
Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs.
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HUD No. 69-0511 -2-
"During the past several months, Cambridge has done an excellent job
in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate its
first year action program," he said.
A total of 150 communities in 5 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.
For further information: Gordon L. Brigham
Community Development Section
City Hall
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 |
Mayor Walter J. Sullivan
City Hall
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
NOTE: <A summary of the Cambridge Model Cities Program is
available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs,
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, D.C. 2010
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON D.C. 20410
HUD No. 69-0511 FOR RELEASE AFTER:
Phone (202) 755-6980 70:00 a.m., Thursday
June 26, 1969
MODEL CITIES CONTRACT
TENDERED TO CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
Secretary George Romney of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development today announced the tender of a $1,523,000 Model Cities contract
to Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge will also be given support from other programs administered
by HUD, by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of
Justice and the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Cambridge to begin the
first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities pro-
grame State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the
city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical
and economic problems within the Model Cities area.
Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee
on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in
the Cambridge program.
Beginning with the preparation of the application for planning funds,
voluntary participation from many parts of the Cambridge community has been
a strong feature of the Cambridge model cities program. Schools and other
private groups will take part in first year action projects. Harvard and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be involved in the education
component, and MIT will also assist in designing improvements for Sennott
Park.
In the housing area, the Cambridge Corporation is supporting the
development of a proposed cooperative project and scattered site public
housing «
Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney
explained that this was done after a careful review of the Cambridge compre-
hensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the
Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those
Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs.
-more-
HUD No. 69-0511 -2-
"During the past several months, Cambridge has done an excellent job
in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate its
first year action program," he said.
A total of 150 communities in 5 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.
For further information: Gordon L. Brigham
Community Development Section
City Hall
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 |
Mayor Walter J. Sullivan
City Hall
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
NOTE: <A summary of the Cambridge Model Cities Program is
available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs,
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, D.C. 2010