In recognition of 2012 National Community Development Week, April 9 - 14, the City of Lake Charles Department of Community Development & Services will host local events on April 11 and 12.    The public is invited to attend.  For more information, call (337) 491-1440 or visit the City of Lake Charles web site www.cityoflakecharles.com.

Pictured in the photo, left to right, all with the City of Lake Charles are: Bob Green, Community Development; Crystal Conant, Community Development; Jacqueline Higginbotham, Community Development; Mayor Randy Roach; and Jean Smith, Community Services.

On April 11, from 9 a.m. to noon, the Community Development Showcase will be held at the Lake Charles Civic Center, Jean Lafitte Room, 900 Lakeshore Dr.  The program will begin at 10 a.m., and the event will include exhibit booths, CD slides, and speakers.  

On April 12, the City will conduct a bus tour of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program funded projects.  The bus will leave the parking lot of City Hall, 326 Pujo St., at 9 a.m. and the bus tour will conclude at 11 a.m.

National Community Development Week is designed to focus local, as well as national, attention on the numerous outstanding accomplishments of the Community Development Block Grant program over the past 38 years and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program over the past 21 years.
 
National Community Development Week