The Central Questions

The central questions of my paper will be - What impact, if any, has the Community Development Blocks Grant had on the Township of Irvington through 1976 to 1995? What was the role of local government, State (after 1981) and federal (mostly HUD) and to what extent were community organizations involved in decision process? In what shape was the township in to accept a large gang population being run our of Newark in the late 90's and early 00's? Sources include the descriptive HUD applications, the grant progress reports, Star Ledger and Irvington local news on public discourse regarding the grants, several journal studies of the larger picture of the grants themselves, NJ Assembly proceedings regarding problems of Irvington, demographics and hopefully an interview or photo arrangement. This is a sharp departure from the papers I have written for most classes so far so....