ADOPTED - APRIL 25, 2006

Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING VISION 2020 LANSING ON RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE MSU LAND POLICY PROGRAM AND

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE

 

RESOLUTION #06-105

 

WHEREAS, the Vision 2020 Lansing has as its mission to eliminate substandard housing and the conditions that cause it by 2020 through comprehensive community development initiatives that are focused on a geographically targeted area in Ingham County whose boundaries are Kalamazoo Street, Ionia Street, Jenison Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard; and

 

WHEREAS, the Vision 2020 Lansing project will improve housing quality and beautify neighborhoods, target resources based on community needs, enhance resident leadership and sense of community, and engage youth in community outreach and service; and

 

WHEREAS, Vision 2020 Lansing has already completed a door-to-door resident survey of the home improvement needs and ideas for community involvement; and

 

WHEREAS, a Habitat for Humanity of Lansing Jimmy Carter Work Project house was built in the targeted area on the corner of Kingsley and Riddle Streets and Vision 2020 Lansing helped establish a new Garden Project, Community Garden at the Letts Community Center; and

 

WHEREAS, seven families with significant structural and facade problems with their homes were given the supplies and labor needed for the improvements to their homes because of an event co-sponsored by Vision 2020; and

 

WHEREAS, this local project that has engaged both state and local partners has recently been named the recipient of a $5,000 grant from the MSU Land Policy Program which will be used to create a comprehensive plan for improvements along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard; and

 

WHEREAS, Vision 2020 Lansing just received a $1,500 grant from the Neighborhood Advisory Board for the creation of a summer youth service corps at Letts Community Center which will focus on community service and engagement.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby congratulates the Vision 2020 Lansing project on receiving the MSU Land Policy Program Grant and the Neighborhood Advisory Board Grant and extends its sincere appreciation to Ellen Sluka and residents of the Westside Neighborhood Association for their dedication and contributions to the Letts Community Center and residents in Lansing’s Westside neighborhood.

 

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  De Leon, Holman, Copedge, Severino, Vickers   

       Nays:  None        Absent:  Schor            Approved 4/18/06