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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Kluchman, Chris (EOHLC) <Chris.Kluchman@mass.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 20, 2023 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> McNelis, Kathryn (EOHLC) <Kathryn.McNelis@mass.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> MA CDBG Proposed Changes to One Year Plan memo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Friday afternoon MassPlanners: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m posting this on behalf of the Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Announcing that the CDBG Federal Fiscal Year 2024 proposed changes memo has been posted on the program’s web page. This is the initial step in the annual CDBG round – identifying proposed changes to the
One-Year Plan. The FFY24 Proposed Changes memo can be found here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mass.gov_info-2Ddetails_community-2Ddevelopment-2Dblock-2Dgrant-2Dcdbg&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=EaWBFhlgouCM-eqEWgXO8um7Dw-706JXLWQdmGem7AY&m=Dk-PsyTw_SdP5CxVm3-VyUqauptQGSfrfRtMXi0CDgSbgYCjRCTKQhZuNqyJNglz&s=Dw6IGkfJZ1a4p6U_7bXGvNJwQrfjzB7jlzkv4s0zkHA&e=">
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) | Mass.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A public information session notice containing the virtual Teams link to the public session (on November 6<sup>th</sup>) will be posted on the CDBG website next week. As always, we encourage your feedback
- please feel free to email me comments upon review of the proposed changes memo. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Kathryn McNelis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864">Manager, Community Development Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F3864">Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Chris Kluchman, FAICP (she/her)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Acting Director, Community Services Division</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), 100 Cambridge Street, Ste 300</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:chris.kluchman@mass.gov">chris.kluchman@mass.gov</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">EOHLC staff are mostly working remotely. I check email regularly and will get back to you as soon as possible.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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