Housing and Economic Development

The strengths of my city are first the land that is available for new businesses is located in the downtown area of the city which is where all the citizens go to the restaurants, shopping, and have a few drinks and fun at the clubs. The five star hotels around are of extreme luxury, you’ll get treated like a king/queen. The land available has many resources around it which is; water & electricity, the airport, the light rail, and the freeway just a few blocks away. There is also a lot of recreation in this area for example, you can go jog at the park or play a sport in the green fields of the park. I would propose to the city council that it will benefit the city if new businesses open here like bring more revenue to fix messed up streets and make the city greener and help improve more the economy. The citizens of the communities around the downtown area will also benefit from the more variety of businesses and job opportunities.

I would consider applying for a HOPE VI grant for my city because this would help those families in need that don’t have a place to live or cannot afford a house. My thought about the program are that it is a good way to provide families with a place they can call home. It’s nice what the program did to those families that lived in the Mathew Henson community and the HOPE VI should continue to do that with other communities around that may need a better living house. The impact that I see it having for low income residents is that they will have a better house to live in and for the community at large it will make it look much better in regard to poor housing and poverty.