<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8e0c2bca-23ce-331e-e4d1-daadb0165916"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/LZVcTYZszvmbklS6x3xss9O5zUlVuQXR-CojyeM1I4hrZeEfFy9bgZwluB_soL3GVbQaaFwU7WwNRH3pk4XoTo60vlWP5G46UDZFvNbNwQnSA2vXJA5F75Y8B0GNcA" width="119px;" height="126px;" style="border: none;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CITY OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI<span class="" style="white-space:pre">    </span>P.O. BOX 6015 COLUMBIA, MO 65205</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:32px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Immediate Release</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 2, 2014</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CONTACT: Randy Cole</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">573.874.6321</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:rlcole@gocolumbiamo.com">rlcole@gocolumbiamo.com</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CDBG and HOME Applications Being Accepted through April 30, 2014</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Columbia, MO) - </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The City of Columbia </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Development Department is accepting FY 2015 CDBG and HOME applications through April 30, 2014, at 5:00 p.m.  The Community Development Commission will be rating applications and providing funding recommendations to the City Council as part of the annual funding process.  Applicants are encouraged to review the document outlining preliminary 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan needs identified through the City's recent Neighborhood Congress and Consolidated Plan Focus Groups on the City’s website at </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/opha6fr" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://tinyurl.com/opha6fr</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You may also obtain a copy of the document by calling 573.874.6321 or visiting the Community Development Department office in City Hall, 701 E. Broadway.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Consolidated Plan is a document required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), designed to help guide </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">communities</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on directing the federal dollars they receive. The consolidated planning process allows the public to identify the most important </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">community</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> needs in Columbia.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To learn more about applying for CDBG and HOME funds and the Consolidated Plan, call 573.874.6321 or email Randy Cole at </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:rlcole@gocolumbiamo.com">rlcole@gocolumbiamo.com</a></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(76,63,54);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.   </span></p>
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