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Charlie Newton, Chairman McDuffie County BOCDon Norton, County Administrator McDuffie County BOCDon Powers, City Administrator City of Thomson Rev. Jim Ramsey, Pastor First Baptist Church Rev. John Smalley, Pastor Vanderhorst Church and City CouncilMiriam Smith, Director Partners for Suc
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1. Thomson-McDuffie County Housing Team Mike Carrington, Director Thomson-McDuffie Industrial Development
Rev. Beverly Casstevens, Pastor First Methodist Church
Dick Dozier, Developer Dozier Realty
Kelly Evans, Director Thomson Housing Authority
Rev. Fred Favors, Pastor Springfield Baptist Church & McDuffie BOC
Carolyn Gilbert , Executive Director Thomson-McDuffie County Chamber
Rhonda Gilbert, Grant Writer
Linda Grijalva, Planning and Development Specialist CSRA R-C
Dorothy Hart, School Board Member McDuffie County BOE
Dorothy Knox, Realtor Coldwell Banker Watson & Knox Real Estate
Norris Long, Sr. , Habitat for Humanity
2. Charlie Newton, Chairman McDuffie County BOC
Don Norton, County Administrator McDuffie County BOC
Don Powers, City Administrator City of Thomson
Rev. Jim Ramsey, Pastor First Baptist Church
Rev. John Smalley, Pastor Vanderhorst Church and City Council
Miriam Smith, Director Partners for Success
Kenneth Usry, Mayor City of Thomson
Ursula Weisner, Chairman Pine Hills Neighborhood Association
Renee Wright, Vice President First Bank of Georgia
Bodie Cummings, Private Citizen
Fred Guerrant , Planning Director McDuffie County
Rodney Lockett, Pastor Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Thomson-McDuffie County Housing Team
3. Short Term Work Plan, 2010
Lack of Community Involvement & Diversity
Bring on at least minimum of 3 participating minority members
Complete
Media campaign – 1 newspaper article per month
5 published
Sponsored USDA Housing Homeowner Informational Meeting
2 radio addresses at local station
Neighborhood Associations in MLK and Strawberry Hill neighborhoods
Participants named for Strawberry Hill Team
MLK Team has formed and met twice.
Actions by City on clean-up, code enforcement ongoing
4. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Declining Neighborhoods
Develop Land Bank Authority
Formed in July
Board members to be named in October
Blight tax information
Researched examples. No action as of Sept
Notify property owners of ordinance violations & code enforcement
City Code Enf. Officer on sick leave since May
Developing “neighborhood rules” pamphlet to provide residents with pertinent ordinance and code info
5. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Housing Stock
Complete Housing Inventory/Survey
Input on Inventory/Survey form
Mapping
Initial Housing Data Work Complete
Detailed Mapping included.
Original Area housing survey area.pdf
CSRARegionalCommissionMap_HousingCondition.pdf
CSRARegionalCommissionMap_OwnerVsRental.pdf
Marketing Piece in Development …what segments of housing are needed…questionnaire
Combine Existing with Marketing…used for Development/Developers
Tax Credit Rejection
6. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Landlords
Notify property owners of ordinances violations and code enforcement
News article and radio addresses addressed focused code enforcement in Pitts Street area
No other action, officer out on sick leave
Research best practices of ordinances and code enforcement in other communities
Information Gathered
Derelict Housing Ordinance, Savannah
Renter/Landlord Registry
7. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Other Activities
Demolition of 6 derelict houses since last retreat
30 + in past two years
New Police Chief
Community Policing
New Code Enforcement officer in place.
Pinehills Neighborhood Association
Up and running
Positive results in area
Collaboration between Homeowners and City Government
New Focus on rental property owners in this neighborhood
8. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Other…cont…
Habitat for Humanity has started a new home, totals 6
Mission McDuffie summer project
171 Kids with adult supervision, 37 projects, 3,312 man hours
At minimum wage, $24,012 in labor value.
Housing Authority Activities
College Field Trips, National Night Out, Combining multi-county units under one Director, development of capital improvement plans
9. Short Term Work Plan, 2010 Other…cont…
Pitts Street Area
Recreational Park in Pitt Street area…skate park, walking track, paving
CDBG
2006 CDBG complete. Multi-Activity Grant, $800,000
Bids let for 2009 CDBG Multi-Activity Grant, $800,000
Awarded CDBG 2010 for Multi-Activity Grant, $800,000
CHIP Awards
Pitts Street area housing rehab
Strawberry Hill area housing rehab
Totals $1,200,000