{"id":85425,"date":"2019-01-29T22:50:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85425"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:50:26","slug":"lehigh-county-seeking-community-input-on-five-year-consolidated-plan-and-annual-action-plan-for-the-community-development-block-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85425","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Seeking Community Input on Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Allentown, PA)- Lehigh County is currently preparing its Five-Year Consolidated Plan 2019-2023 and its 2019 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.<\/p>\n<p>In order to make the planning process as reflective of community interests and ideas as possible, Lehigh County is conducting a brief survey.\u00a0 This survey will help the county optimize how CBDG funds are dispersed.<\/p>\n<p>The survey can be taken by clicking on the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/2019Lehigh\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/2019Lehigh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The survey is only a few minutes and is completely confidential.\u00a0 The county encourages all residents to take part in this crucial phase of planning.<\/p>\n<p>The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Beginning in 1974, the CDBG program is one of the longest continuously run programs according the Department of Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJoshua Siegel<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Lehigh, Office of the County Executive<br \/>\n17 S. 7th Street, 4th Floor, Suite 436<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nwww.lehighcounty.org<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lehigh-County.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}