2013 NCDA John A.Sasso National Community

Development Week AwardCommunity Development Week

April 1st -7th, 2013

Best Practices• Start Planning Efforts Early

– Meet regularly and delegate roles and responsibilities• Adopt the NCDA Theme into Planning the Week’s

Activities– Highlight projects, programs and services that impact diverse

constituencies– Distribute events across the community

• Spread the Message– Develop a unique CD Week logo– Publicize!

• Involve and Educate Others– Mayor’s Office, City Council, HUD, Communications, Special

Events, Public Service, Parks and Recreation, the media and corporate sponsors (banks especially)

– Encourage subrecipients/grantees to host their own events and then partner/”piggy-back” with them

• Invite the Community and Have Fun!

City of Knoxville’s 2013 CD Week EventsFocus on: Housing Services

A ribbon-cutting in the Five Points neighborhood

highlighted new housing construction. Balloons

throughout the community also highlighted owner-

occupied rehab and energy retrofits (pictured are the HUD Field Office Director, Mayor Rogero and the new resident)

An open house hosted by a subrecipient partner, Knox Housing Partnership, in the

Lonsdale community highlighting (CHDO) homes

designed to meet LEED standards and be visitable.

City of Knoxville staff pose with Neighborhood

Housing Initiative volunteers and

the homeowners who received

emergency home repairs

Focus on: Homeless Initiatives

City of Knoxville’s 2013 CD Week Events

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate renovations to

Samaritan Place, emergency housing for homeless senior citizens. (pictured are Father Ragan Schriver, a Samaritan

Place resident, HUD’s Ed Ellis, former Mayor Dan Brown and CD Director

Becky Wade

CD Week sign at Volunteer Ministry

Center, a subrecipient agency

that hosted a breakfast for elected

officials.

VMC Director and Mayor Rogero (above) and below

Becky Wade with HUD Field Office Staff.

City of Knoxville’s 2013 CD Week Events

Focus on: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

City staff and winners of the 1st Annual Equity Awards

The events was held on the 45th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr.

Categories of Awards included:

•Disability Services

•Fair Housing and

•Section 3

City of Knoxville’s 2013 CD Week Events

Focus on: Community Outreach• City staff presented information about Community Development

programs to the Council of Involved Neighborhoods. Neighborhood leaders shared the impact that the programs had in their communities.

• A clothing drive sponsored by City employees resulting in 37 boxes of clothing donated to the Knox County Schools Clothing Center

• City staff and community members read to students at an inner-city elementary school. The students then read to the volunteers.

• The highlight of the week was a Community Development Fair at Ashley Nicole’s Dream Park, where CDBG funds had made the park accessible. Over 250 people enjoyed free food and games. Many community agencies had booths set up to highlight their programs.

City of Knoxville’s 2013 CD Week Events

Community Development Fair!