Welcome to the Online Feedback session for the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan!
Here, we have provided opportunities for you to provide us feedback and input at your convenience. Whether you were unable to attend one of the public meetings or whether this is in addition to what you provided at the public meeting, we appreciate the information.
If you need more information about Consolidated Planning and the neighborhoods in the City, please review the information available at the following links:
The questions and information requested below is very similar to the format of the discussion at the public meetings. The feedback you provide will be considered with the feedback provided at the public meetings in assembling the goals and priorities for the Consolidated Plan.
Eligible Areas and Activities
While the City receives a sizeable amount of entitlement funds, there are some limits on the places they can be spent and the activities that can be funded. 70% of the total expenditure must be used for activities that benefit low-to-moderate income persons. While these activities may occur anywhere in the City where these persons would benefit, the following neighborhoods can all receive area-wide benefits because more than 51% of residents are low-to-moderate income:
- Eastside
- Edison
- Fairmont
- Northside
- Stuart
- Vine
Community Development funds may be used for the following activities:
- Acquisition or disposition of real property for any public purpose
- Public facilities and improvements
- Clearance, demolition, and removal of buildings and improvements
- Provision of public services such as those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, fair housing counseling, energy conservation, welfare, homebuyer downpayment assistance, or recreational needs
- The repairing of streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, publicly owned utilities, and public buildings
- Housing services and homeownership assistance
- Providing financial support and technical assistance, for the establishment, stabilization, and expansion of microenterprises
- Provision of technical assistance and capacity building to public or nonprofit entities to carry out eligible neighborhood revitalization or economic development activities
We ask that you keep this in mind when responding to the questions below.
(If you are interested in more information, click here for a short summary providing additional information about the use of community development funds in Kalamazoo, while this link takes you to a more detailed description of the Federal Regulations regarding the eligible activities for these funds.)
After providing some basic information about yourself, please provide the input and feedback you would like in the spaces provided below. Thanks!
Feedback Form
After providing some basic information about yourself, please provide the input and feedback you would like in the spaces provided below. Thanks!
