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Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina. Disaster responses historically fail to meet victims’ needs and waste significant funds. The federal government should step back and…
James Sutton writes for National Review Online about campaigns targeting restrictive zoning. YIMBYism is the ideology of “Yes in My Backyard.” Its advocates support urban development to bring down rents,…
The EDGE Committee met on Thursday, November 2nd. The purpose of this committee is to “examine, on a continuing basis, economic development and global engagement issues and strategies in North…
By authority of Article Pi, Section Octagon: Dr. James Frank McGimsey III, James Franks McGimsey IV and Courtney Morse are the owners of Homer’s Soda Shop, LLC. They have requested…
Over a decade ago, talk began about developing The Block in downtown Asheville. Ever since, news has trickled in about this grant or that grant, this new partnership or that,…
In a TIME column dedicated to addressing the epidemic of violence involving black men, including an alarming rate of black-on-black homicides in his city and others, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter…
Also on today’s city council agenda is consideration of the coming year’s HOME and CDBG disbursements. The staff report couldn’t help but take a stab at Sequestration as the cause…
Residents of an itty-bitty subdivision in Henderson County opposed the expenditure of $850,000 in CDBG funds for projects designed to improve their neighborhood. They say there is no good reason…
More than a year after Carolina Journal‘s original coverage of the issue — with a November 2011 follow-up report — the News & Observer offers us this information today: RALEIGH…
Brevard City Council voted in favor of pursuing a federal grant “to develop local strategies for sustainable growth.” If awarded, up to $250,000 from the Community Development Block Grant, would…
CDBG loans are supposed to improve the quality of life to enhance other federal low-income housing subsidies. According to the Graham Star: The [Graham County Commissioners] directed County Planner Josh…
The Buncombe County Commissioners voted to approve vying for a $200,000 grant from the federal CDGB – Ecnomic Recovery program. Approval of a federal HOME loan for the same amount…