"This NRSA tool allows communities to carve out a boundary or an area and say, well, as long as this boundary and area qualifies under HUD terms, we no longer have to certify each individual project, each individual person, and ultimately, it allows us to do the revitalization work faster.” said Mayor Smith.
Some mayors in the country are speaking up for gun reform legislation and are calling upon action from the Senate. The United States Conference of Mayors has issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell to call the Senate back to session to pass gun reform legislation. Over 200 mayors have signed the letter including the mayors from El Paso, Dayton and right here in Lima. The letter urges McConnell that now is the time to act and pass two bills that enhance background checks. The letter also states that these bills are bipartisan and have passed through the House in February.
Mayors from around the country are converging on the nation's capital to develop national urban policy with a united voice. It's the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C. and Lima Mayor David Berger is there.
