Apr 19, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Angel Coates, Lee County Human Services
                           (239) 533-7930

Charleston Park Day 2006

The Lee County Department of Human Services has been partnering with Board of County Commissioner appointed community volunteers and Federal Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) to utilize Community Development Block Grant (C.D.B.G.) funds in several communities with-in Lee County; Communities that would otherwise be considered "blighted" by today's standards. For more information on CDBG visit - http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/index.cfm

On Saturday April 22^nd one of those neighborhoods, Charleston Park, will be celebrating its 80th birthday as well as the 15^th year anniversary of the very Board (The Charleston Park Neighborhood Association) that has worked tirelessly with Human Services staff to make change a reality. For an inside look at Charleston Park please visit the 04-18-06 News-Press article entitled "Old Ways in New Days".

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060418/LIFESTYLES/60417028/1013

The parade will start at 10 am (2541 Charleston Park Drive) A short awards ceremony will follow the march to honor selected residents of all ages for their services in the community.  Commissioner Albion and the director of Lee County Human Services, Karen Hawes, will speak at the ceremony. Please come and join the residents of Charleston Park as they celebrate their victories and partnerships. The event is scheduled to end at 2pm. For more information on this event please contact the community Resident Coordinator, Alice Washington, at 239-728-6620 or 823-5109.

To learn more about this and other target neighborhoods in Lee County please visit http://dhs.lee-county.com/AP_Neighborhood_T21_R12.htm

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