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Show reports from the The ASSIST office is open to all model neighborhood residents seeking advice and assistance in planning home improvements or other tasks requiring architectural expertise. ASSIST will advise its clients on architectural matters as well as on programs available to aid them with financing their projects. Task Forces Transportation and Highways The Transportation and Highways task force met June 26 and discussed two- current projects - the Senior Citizen bus - token subsidy and the building of bus shelters by model It was reported that the union had filed a written grievance indicating they did not want young boys neighborhood youth. Carl Inoway, Assist, Inc., meets with Leo Adams. Lily Flemings, long-tim- e housing. advocate for adequate low-co- st Assist, Inc. (Con't.) ASSIST was established to operate in the following manner: a. To provide the Housing Task Force with technical expertise and assistance in new housing production. b. To provide feasibility analysis of proposed projects and reasonability of housing proposals made to the Housing Task Force. c. To provide credit counseling to special credit risk applicants for Federal Housing Administration housing units. d. To provide an information center for iowmoderate income individuals desiring and needing housing which is sanitary, decent and part of environment. a suitable provide professional architectural and urban design services to model neighborhood residents and others in the community who but cannot otherwise need afford these services. The routes which organization provides services to non-profsponsors and initial applications for funding. should be effective in September. it The question of establishing a major goal to help reverse the blight cycle of the entire model neighborhood was discussed. Ralph Schamel said he felt poverty was a state of mind and that education was the key. He said once people were educated, Incorporated into the project is an introduction and in the environmental design fields for disadvantaged youth. ASSIST will also train residents to take over the administration of the training program all other problems would program while giving other residents the opportunity gradually start to solve to qualify for scholarships to pursue architecture as a profession. working in their shop. They felt they should be doing the work. T. A. McDonald, however, advised the members that the problem had been cleared up. The Joint Board of Commissioners has expressed some concern regarding the bus token project, advising they felt the bus drivers should sell the tokens instead of hiring additional people to do it and that a 15 cent reduction should be given instead of 1 0 cents. Attempts will be made to work the problems out. McDonald reported that the Utah Transit Authority is now in the process of extending lines and themselves. A motion was mady and carried unanimously to select education as the first priority for the Model Cities program. hot water tank installed through Emergency Home Repair project. New Lack of decent housing is critical. Social For more Services information Ted Remington, Model Cities planner, explained the need for selecting a major goal for the Model Cities program, to on housing, call Elaine Cowburn, at 467-94- 1 6 members of the Social Services task force on June 28. The establishment of a Westside center was multi-purpos- e discussed as a possible goal and Stan Holbrook, task force chairman, said he felt people would benefit most by providing facilities, communication and services. The Westside center would provide such a needed facility, he added. He said he did not feel that improving housing was as important as helping the people who will have to live in the houses. concluded, asking, "Are things more important than people?" He |