Label
National Community Development Week
Jones
Title
Designating the week of April 6 - 10 of 2026 as National Community Development Week, and declaring an emergency.
Summary
WHEREAS, the week of April 6 - 10, 2026 has been designated by the National Community Development Association as National Community Development to celebrate the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG Program provides annual funding and flexibility to local communities to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities to low-and moderate-income people; and
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo recognizes the importance of community development and the CDBG Program in fostering vibrant, inclusive, and resilient neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, over the past five years our community has received a total of $36,503,749 in CDBG funds and has funded a variety of projects that have directly benefited Toledoans and Neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo remains committed to leveraging federal resources through the CDBG Program to build a more prosperous future for all residents.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that:
SECTION 1. That this Council designates the week of April 6-10, 2026 as “National Community Development Week” in support of this valuable program that has made tremendous contributions to the viability of the housing, infrastructure, public services and the economic well-being of the community.
SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 9 nays 0.
Passed: April 14, 2026, as an emergency measure: yeas 9, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: April 14, 2026
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor