TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jeffrey Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cauley, Economic and Community Development Director
DATE: January, 26, 2026
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Authorization to Apply for Fiscal Year 2025 Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant and Appropriate Additional Funding for the Application
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 2,3, & 4
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: Responsive City Government supporting a diverse and viable economy
2.2: Community Revitalization - Invest in community places to ensure revitalization and increase quality of life
Goal III: City Investment in Today & Tomorrow
3.2 Manage the City's future growth and strategic land use
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
4.5 Neighborhood Vitality - Ensure a place to live in great neighborhoods
Executive Summary:
Council is asked to authorize staff to apply for the Fiscal Year 2025 Choice Neighborhood Grant for the Murchison Road area and adopt Budget Ordinance Amendment 2026-5 and Special Revenue Project Ordinance Amendment 2024-11 to fund activities required to best prepare the City and Fayetteville Metropolitan Housing Authority (FMHA) to successfully apply and win the grant.
Background:
In December of 2020, the City of Fayetteville, in partnership with the FMHA, was awarded a HUD Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant for the Murchison neighborhood. Through the Grant, the City and FMHA have worked with local residents and a variety of community stakeholders - including nonprofits, faith-based organizations, anchor institutions, supportive services agencies, businesses, and others - to create a forward-looking Transformation Plan. The Plan is centered on redevelopment of FMHA's Murchison Townhouses, which includes 60 units of low-income public housing. The Transformation Plan seeks to replace 100% of those housing units within the neighborhood as part of new mixed-income developments.
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