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HUD Archives: News Releases
HUD No. 97-103 |
Further Information: | For Release |
In the Washington, DC area: 202/708-1420 | Sunday |
Or contact your local HUD office | June 22, 1997 |
CUOMO PRESENTS AWARDS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS NATION
FOR OUTSTANDING MANAGEMENT OF HUD-FUNDED PROGRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary
Andrew Cuomo today presented 238 communities with awards for
outstanding management of housing and community development
programs funded by HUD.
Cuomo announced the winners of HUD's new John J. Gunther
Blue Ribbon Practices Award at the U.S. Conference of Mayors
meeting in San Francisco.
The awards recognize the top performing cities, towns,
counties, states and territories among the 1,000 communities
around the nation that receive about $7 billion in block grants
and competitive awards from HUD's Division of Community Planning
and Development (CPD) each year for housing and community
development projects.
The new HUD award is designed to highlight the best managed
housing and community development programs so they can be used as
models to improve programs around the nation.
"President Clinton and Vice President Gore have set a high
performance standard for federal programs to make sure taxpayer
dollars are invested wisely," Cuomo said. "HUD is improving its
management practices to meet this high standard by eliminating
waste, fraud and abuse in all our programs. We need more than
programs with good intentions. We need programs with outstanding
results."
The programs use CPD funding for a wide range of housing and
community development activities, including: economic development
and job creation, community revitalization, consolidated
planning, creation of affordable housing, increasing
homeownership, homeless programs, and improved grants management.
"It's always important to point out what government is doing
wrong, but it's also important to point out what government is
doing right," Cuomo said. "By spotlighting programs that work, we
help them spread across the country."
The winners of the awards were chosen by HUD field offices
around the country after a careful evaluation, Cuomo said.
HUD will ask officials from the award-winning communities to
work closely with other localities to help them improve their
housing and community development programs, Cuomo said.
In addition, descriptions of the 386 programs in the 238
communities receiving awards will be posted on HUD's WEB site --
www.hud.gov -- to enable communities around the nation to learn
from them.
The award-winning programs will also be the focus of a HUD-
sponsored conference July 8-10 in Houston on best practices.
Award winners get a certificate from HUD and recognition by
communities around the nation for their excellence and
creativity. The idea for the awards was developed by Cuomo when
he was a HUD Assistant Secretary.
The awards are named for John J. Gunther, who was Executive
Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors from 1961-1987. He died
April 14.
"John Gunther was instrumental in shaping many of the
housing and community development programs now used by thousands
of communities across the country," Cuomo said. "These awards a
tribute to a great man who inspired us by his example."
Gunther was an early supporter of a Cabinet level department
that would work for America's cities. He worked with Presidents
Kennedy and Johnson and many other officials to help establish
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
John J. Gunther
Blue Ribbon Practices
Award Winners
STATE | WINNER |
Alabama: | Bessemer, Dothan, Mobile, Jefferson County |
Alaska: | Anchorage, State of Alaska |
Arizona: | Phoenix, Tucson - Pima County |
Arkansas: | Little Rock, North Little Rock, West Memphis |
California: | Carlsbad, Chico, Encinitas, Escondido, Fontana, Fresno,
Glendale, Huntington Park, Montebello, Oxnard, Pasadena,
Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Richmond,
Riverside, San Francisco - City and County, San Jose, Santa
Maria, Stockton, Thousand Oaks, Tulare, Alameda County, San
Luis Obispo County |
Connecticut: | Hartford, MiddletownDelaware:New Castle County |
Florida: | Boca Raton, Cape Coral, Daytona Beach, Delray Beach,
Jacksonville, Orlando - Orange County, Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Pinellas County |
Georgia: | Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Athens-Clarke County, Cobb County, Dekalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett
County, State of Georgia |
Hawaii: | Honolulu - City and County, Maui County, State of Hawaii |
Idaho: | BoiseIllinois:Champaign, Chicago, Rockford |
Indiana: | East Chicago, Elkhart, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Muncie, New
Albany, West Lafayette, State of Indiana |
Iowa: | Iowa City, Sioux City, State of Iowa |
Kansas: | Lawrence, Leavenworth, Topeka, Wichita |
Kentucky: | Louisville, Louisville - Jefferson County, Jefferson County,
Owensboro, State of Kentucky |
Louisiana: | Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Bossier City, Kenner, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport |
Maine: | Bangor, Portland |
Maryland: | Baltimore, Cumberland, Frederick, Baltimore County, State of
Maryland |
Massachusetts: | Boston, Cambridge, Chicopee, Fall River, Haverhill, Holyoke,
Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy, Worcester |
Michigan: | Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids - Kent County, Lansing,
Portage, Waterford Township, Kent County, Oakland County |
Minnesota: | Duluth, Minneapolis - Hennepin County, St. Louis County |
Mississippi: | Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Jackson, State of Mississippi |
Missouri: | Columbia, Florissant, Joplin, Joplin/Springfield, Springfield, St.
Louis, St. Louis County, State of Missouri |
Nebraska: | Lincoln, Omaha, State of Nebraska |
New Hampshire: | Portsmouth |
New Jersey: | Bridgeton, Elizabeth, Jersey City, New Brunswick, Trenton,
Bergen County, Burlington County, Essex County, Morris County,
Ocean County |
New Mexico: | Albuquerque, Santa Fe |
New York: | Albany, Babylon, Cheektowaga, Colonie, Hamburg, Islip, New
York City, Rochester, Tonawanda, White Plains, Dutchess
County, Nassau County, Suffolk County, State of New York |
North Carolina: | Asheville, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill - Orange County, Charlotte,
Concord, Durham, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greensboro
Consortiuum, Hickory, High Point, Raleigh, Raleigh - Wake
County, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, Wake County |
Ohio: | Franklin CountyOklahoma:Norman, Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Tulsa |
Oregon: | Eugene Consortium |
Pennsylvania: | Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Scranton, Bucks County, Chester
County, Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania |
Rhode Island: | Providence, Providence - State of Rhode Island |
South Carolina: | Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock
Hill, Greenville CountyTennessee:Bristol, Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville |
Texas: | Amarillo, Arlington, Beaumont, Bryan, College Station, El Paso,
Harris County, Laredo, Lubbock, Tyler, Waco |
Vermont: | BurlingtonVirginia:Norfolk, Richmond, Arlington County |
Washington: | Seattle - King County |
West Virginia: | Charleston, Huntington |
Wisconsin: | Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha County |
OTHER |
American
Samoa: | Territory of American Samoa |
Puerto Rico: | Bayamon, Ponce, San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
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