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| 2024 -- H 8126 Enacted 04/02/2024 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| COMMEMORATING APRIL OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL WORK DONE ON A DAILY BASIS BY THE HOUSING NETWORK OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kennedy, Ajello, Ackerman, Tanzi, J. Lombardi, and Shallcross Smith |
| Date Introduced: April 02, 2024 |
| WHEREAS, The Housing Network of Rhode Island (HNRI) will joyfully celebrate the |
| important impacts of Rhode Island's Community Development Corporations (CDC's) and |
| nonprofit housing developers throughout the Month of April; and |
| WHEREAS, The Housing Network of Rhode Island is made up of 17 Community |
| Development Corporations and nonprofit developers committed to the development of affordable |
| housing and vital communities across Rhode Island; and |
| WHEREAS, HNRI's members are a critical piece of Rhode Island's housing development |
| sector and are at the forefront of the effort to expand equitable housing and economic |
| opportunities for low-income Rhode Islanders; and |
| WHEREAS, In addition to producing safe and affordable homes from Westerly to |
| Woonsocket, HNRI's members are actively engaged within the communities they serve. They |
| maintain child care facilities and commercial spaces, support community gardens and start-up |
| food enterprises, provide job training, homebuyer counseling, landlord education and home repair |
| funds, and offer personal and small business micro-loans or grants; and |
| WHEREAS, Community Development Month is an opportunity to celebrate these |
| organizations and the transformational work they do to make Rhode Island a better place; now, |
| therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| commemorates April of 2024, as "National Community Development Month" in the State of |
| Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this House hereby also celebrates the important and impactful work |
| done on a daily basis by the Housing Network of Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Nicole Dotzenrod, Communications Manager, |
| Housing Network of Rhode Island. |
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