
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 23, 1994                   TAG: 9403230053
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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FORUM SET ON NEEDS OF INNER CITY

Residents interested in working to address the needs of inner-city neighborhoods have been asked to attend a public forum Saturday.

Roanoke is forming an advisory committee of neighborhood residents, business people and representatives from the government and nonprofit groups to develop a 10-year plan, which will be submitted for competition in the federal Urban Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Communities Program.

The program - a centerpiece of the Clinton administration's community revitalization agenda - will provide $100 million to each of six selected "empowerment zones" and $3 million to each of 65 localities designated as enterprise communities.

The forum will be from 10 a.m to noon at Lucy Addison Middle School. For more information, contact John Marlles, chief of community planning, at 981-2344.

by CNB