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Planning board endorses adding MLK Community Center to CDBG supplemental application

City of Newport Planning Board ยท June 18, 2025
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Summary

City staff requested adding the Martin Luther King Community Center to a supplemental CDBG application for project year 25; the board adopted the staff report finding the activity "not in conflict" with the comprehensive plan and moved to include the project in the city's HUD-funded application list.

Staff told the Planning Board that the supplemental Community Development Block Grant application would add a previously missed local nonprofit to the City's competitive HUD funding submission. The staff representative explained that the funds originate from HUD through the state to the city and that the city-led application can include qualifying local programs.

The board moved to adopt the staff report as findings of fact and voted that the supplemental application activities for project year 23/24 were "not in conflict" with the goals and policies of the comprehensive land use plan. The approval authorizes staff to include the Martin Luther King Community Center on the city's supplemental CDBG submittal for the competitive round.