Atlanta Groups Protest Loss of Millions in Federal Aid
July 28, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Community-development organizations in Atlanta are up in arms over plans to return some $30-million in federal funds unspent by an urban-renewal program set to expire at the end of the year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
The Atlanta Renewal Community, established six years ago to pump federal money into ailing local neighborhoods, has spent just $7.3-million on services, most of it going to city agencies. Officials with the program’s coordinating agency say that due to the slowness of federal purchasing rules, they will be unable to spend the remaining money by the December 31 deadline.
In Jacksonville, charities have banded together to support a proposed city budget that would raise taxes to limit cuts in social spending, reports The Florida Times-Union.
