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Federal Budget Fiscal Year 2011 - Jobs and Opportunities to Metro Areas and Cities

After experiencing a steep economic downturn, the Administration is committed to moving the Nation from recession to recovery by sparking job creation to get millions of Americans back to work and building a new foundation for long-term prosperity. The 2011 Budget focuses on key areas that will help to reverse the decline in economic security--taking steps to help jumpstart job creation, working to strengthen the economic security of American families, and making tough choices to put our Nation back on the path to fiscal responsibility. The Budget proposes a series of coordinated investments around three key objectives: increasing regional economic competitiveness, developing environmentally sustainable and livable communities, and creating neighborhoods and communities with good jobs, decent affordable housing, high-performing schools, quality health care services, safe streets and parks, healthy food, and convenient transportation options.

To read the details of the budget, click here.
 

Rightside Spotlight

Grantee Spotlight: Design Corps and Tulane City Center

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Design Corps supports the vital role that design can play in addressing critical issues and needs of communities. Through the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) initiative, Design Corps provides communities, institutions and design professionals with the tools and services they need to integrate community-engaged processes into design activities, leading to projects that reflect a community's values and cultural identities. Public inclusion as a "best practice" in design is increasingly recognized as a highly effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community.

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