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| 2025 -- H 6192 Enacted 04/08/2025 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2025, TO BE "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kennedy, Cortvriend, Boylan, Handy, McGaw, and Tanzi |
| Date Introduced: April 08, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, The Housing Network of Rhode Island (HNRI) will celebrate the impact of |
| Rhode Island's Community Development Corporations and nonprofit developers throughout |
| Rhode Island; and |
| WHEREAS, HNRI members are a vital part of Rhode Island's housing development |
| sector and are at the forefront of efforts to expand equitable housing and economic opportunities |
| for low- and moderate-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 and support community-centered child care facilities and commercial spaces, |
| community gardens and start-up food enterprises; provide job training opportunities, homebuyer |
| education and foreclosure counseling, landlord education and home repair funds; and offer |
| personal 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 |
| proclaims the Month of April, 2025, to be "Community Development Month" in the State of |
| Rhode Island. This House recognizes and thanks these organizations for their tremendous |
| contributions to the viability of the housing stock, infrastructure, public services, and the |
| economic well-being of the State 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 Ms. Melina Lodge, Executive Director of The |
| Housing Network of Rhode Island. |
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