<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:11.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MassPlanners: Please see the information below from the EOHLC Community Development Block Grant program.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The initial step in an annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) round is the issuance of proposed changes to the One-Year Plan. This proposed changes memo has been posted on the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
(EOHLC) CDBG website at <a href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/community-development-block-grant-cdbg">
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) | Mass.gov</a> along with a notice containing the meeting link to the corresponding virtual public information session on September 10<sup>th</sup>, 2024 at 10:00am (scroll to FFY 2025 Information). The direct links
to the memo and notice are available below:<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mass.gov/doc/ffy2025-proposed-changes-memo/download">FFY25 Proposed Changes Memo</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mass.gov/doc/ffy-2025-proposed-changes-public-information-session-notice/download">FFY25 Proposed Changes Public Info Session Notice</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments in advance of the public session, during the session and by September 25, 2024. Comments must be sent by email to Kathryn McNelis, Community Development Manager, at
<a href="mailto:kathryn.mcnelis@mass.gov">kathryn.mcnelis@mass.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please direct questions to Kathryn McNelis at the email above.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper">
<div>
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Chris Kluchman, FAICP (she/her)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Director, Livable Communities Division</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Boston, MA 02114</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">chris.kluchman@mass.gov</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white"> </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>