2013 NCDA John A.Sasso
National Community
Development Week Award
Community Development Week
April 1st -7th, 2013
Best Practices
• Start Planning Efforts Early
– Meet regularly and delegate roles and responsibilities
• Adopt the NCDA Theme into Planning the Week’s
Activities
– Highlight projects, programs and services that impact diverse
constituencies
– Distribute events across the community
• Spread the Message
– Develop a unique CD Week logo
– Publicize!
• Involve and Educate Others
– Mayor’s Office, City Council, HUD, Communications, Special
Events, Public Service, Parks and Recreation, the media and
corporate sponsors (banks especially)
– Encourage subrecipients/grantees to host their own events and
then partner/”piggy-back” with them
• Invite the Community and Have Fun!
City of Knoxville’s
2013 CD Week Events
Focus on: Housing Services
A ribbon-cutting in the Five Points
neighborhood highlighted new
housing construction. Balloons
throughout the community also
highlighted owner-occupied rehab
and energy retrofits (pictured are
the HUD Field Office Director,
Mayor Rogero and the new
resident)
An open house hosted by a
subrecipient partner, Knox Housing
Partnership, in the Lonsdale
community highlighting (CHDO)
homes designed to meet LEED
standards and be visitable.
City of Knoxville staff
pose with
Neighborhood Housing
Initiative volunteers
and the homeowners
who received
emergency home
repairs
City of Knoxville’s
2013 CD Week Events
Focus on: Homeless Initiatives
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to
dedicate renovations to Samaritan
Place, emergency housing for
homeless senior citizens. (pictured
are Father Ragan Schriver, a
Samaritan Place resident, HUD’s Ed
Ellis, former Mayor Dan Brown and
CD Director Becky Wade
CD Week sign at Volunteer
Ministry Center, a
subrecipient agency that
hosted a breakfast for
elected officials.
VMC Director and Mayor Rogero
(above) and below Becky Wade with
HUD Field Office Staff.
City of Knoxville’s
2013 CD Week Events
Focus on: Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity
Categories of Awards
included:
•Disability Services
•Fair Housing and
•Section 3
City staff and winners of the
1st Annual Equity Awards
The events was held on the 45th Anniversary of the
death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
City of Knoxville’s
2013 CD Week Events
Focus on: Community Outreach
• City staff presented information about Community Development
programs to the Council of Involved Neighborhoods. Neighborhood
leaders shared the impact that the programs had in their
communities.
• A clothing drive sponsored by City employees resulting in 37 boxes
of clothing donated to the Knox County Schools Clothing Center
• City staff and community members read to students at an inner-city
elementary school. The students then read to the volunteers.
• The highlight of the week was a Community Development Fair at
Ashley Nicole’s Dream Park, where CDBG funds had made the park
accessible. Over 250 people enjoyed free food and games. Many
community agencies had booths set up to highlight their programs.
City of Knoxville’s
2013 CD Week Events
Community Development Fair!