Worcester, MA (January 10, 2012) - The Executive Office of Economic Development has added two additional public hearings to receive comments regarding community development needs for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funded by HUD. The deadline to receive written testimony and reports has been extended to Thursday, January 19 at 5:00 PM. Comments received from the public hearing process will be incorporated into the City's annual consolidated planning needs analysis. Applications for funding of CDBG, ESG and HOPWA programs, or Requests for Proposals (RFP), will be available on January 26th. See attached notices for details.