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Titusville proclaims National Community Development Week, highlights local CDBG and HOME impacts
Summary
City officials marked National Community Development Week with a presentation on federal CDBG and HOME programs, a proclamation by Mayor Andrew Connors and data on local grants and recent projects including a nine-unit low-income housing build.
The City of Titusville proclaimed April 2025 as National Community Development Week and highlighted the local impact of the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs.
Ms. Franklin, neighborhood services director, opened the presentation to the council and the public, calling the celebration “a great opportunity to recognize the CDBG and HOME program” and to summarize how the grants support low- and moderate-income residents and local nonprofit subrecipients. The presentation noted that CDBG was created in 1974 and the HOME program in 1990.
The presentation summarized nationwide and local results and recent city spending: the proclamation text states the city received about $1,284,000 in CDBG funds and $668,000 in HOME funds over the past five years. Ms. Franklin told the council that, locally between 2015 and 2024, the city’s CDBG program had served more than 16,000 people using roughly $203,000 for public services; about 15,000 people benefited from public improvements that used just under $1 million; and 29 households were served with housing improvements using just under $1 million.
Council members asked for details about recent projects using the grants. Ms. Franklin said the Community of Hope low‑income housing project used HOME funds and ARPA funding: “The first round…was around $300,000,” and a second phase used ARPA funding “close to a million dollars,” producing nine affordable units, she said. A councilmember asked how many units the project delivered; Ms. Franklin replied, “It gives us 9 units.”
Mayor Andrew Connors read and signed the proclamation. “I, Andrew Connors, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the City of Titusville, Florida, do hereby proclaim April ’25 as National Community Development Week,” the proclamation states, and urged residents to support the programs.
The presentation closed with staff and council discussion of outreach and storytelling to publicize grant impacts and with no formal council action taken at this special recognitions meeting.
