CBDO Application - Exhibit A

Certification to become a Community Based Development Organization under requirements 24 CFR 570.204 (C)(1)


Eligibility

Definitions:


Neighborhood Revitalization projects- activities of sufficient size and scope to have an impact on the decline of a geographic location within the City of Detroit (but not the entire City of Detroit) designated in comprehensive plans, ordinances, or other local documents as a neighborhood, village, or similar geographic designation


Community Economic Development projects- activities that increase economic opportunity, principally for persons of low-and moderate-income, or that stimulate or retain businesses or permanent jobs, and projects that consist of one or more such activities that are clearly needed to address a lack of affordable housing accessible to existing or planned jobs


Energy Conservation projects- activities that address energy conservation, principally for the benefit of the low- and moderate-income residents of the City of Detroit

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Self Certification of Board Members

51% of your agency's governing body must meet one or more of the following criteria:


  • Low-Moderate Income residents of the agency's geographic area of operation


  • Owners or Senior officers of private establishments located and serving in the agency's geographic area of operation


  • Representatives of low to moderate income neighborhood organizations


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Required Supporting Documents - (c)(1)

The following documentation must be attached to the appropriate sections of this application:


  • Articles of Incorporation (copy) – Must identify the activities that the agency performs and the geographic area of operation.


  • By-Laws (copy) – Must include a statement of the community economic development activity and the geographic area of operation.



  • Self Certification Forms A, B, or C for board members who maintain the 51% criteria.


  • List of Governing Board on Exhibit C.

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