Another of the WH's 1001 progressive initiatives that's not sexy enough to attract a 'hate-on'

[quiet.american]

In other words, while teabaggers shout their brand of "teh stupid" to the heavens, and others walk around terminally disappointed, here's one of the actual issues that's being addressed and some of the actual work that's getting done (and not for nothing, this is the kind of thing Boehner and the rest of the Republican bozos would love to have the power to de-fund and destroy):

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/09/28/open-questions-promise-neighborhoods">

You can read about the White House Neighborhood Revitalization project here http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/nri_description.pdf">PDF

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/09/28/open-questions-promise-neighborhoods">Video: The Neighborhood Revitalization Project

Yesterday, the White House Office of Urban Affairs hosted a http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/09/28/open-questions-promise-neighborhoods">live chat on the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative to support the transformation of distressed neighborhoods into neighborhoods of opportunity. Larkin Tackett, Department of Education; Luke Tate, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Thomas Abt, Department of Justice; and Richard Frank, Department of Health and Human Services; joined Derek Douglas, White House Domestic Policy Council, to discuss one of the Obama Administration’s signature place-based initiatives to support and revitalize distressed communities.

Here are a few highlights from the discussion:

“We truly believe we need a great school at the center of every great neighborhood,” said Larkin Tackett, Director of Promise Neighborhoods, Department of Education.

“This collaboration is very important. . . public safety is a critical component of neighborhood revitalization. . .without it, kids can’t learn, residents can’t feel safe in their own neighborhoods, and resident health is threatened by drugs and violence,” said Thomas Abt, Chief of Staff, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ.

“Community resources are critical to how people live their lives,” said Richard Frank, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS.

“Choice Neighborhoods broadens our focus...beyond the walls of the development itself to the entire neighborhood,” said Luke Tate, Special Assistant to the Secretary, HUD.

And here are a few more facts about how the Recovery Act provides much-needed funding for urban projects:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/urban-policy


Proud of our President. Proud of our Democrats. :kick:

[Cha]

1. I've been offline and it's really nice to come back

and see this about the Obama Admin and The Neighborhood Revitilization Project!

It would be tragic for the Obama Admin to make all this progress and have a pack of raging republicons come along and destroy it..but, I don't think that's going to happen.

Thank you, q.amercian~