ADVISORY/Motor City Blight Busters, Congressman Joe Knollenberg and Fannie Mae to Announce Major Federal Grant to Build and Rehabilitate Housing for Neighborhoods Plagued by Past Angel's Night Fires.

27 October 2000

ADVISORY/Motor City Blight Busters, Congressman Joe Knollenberg and Fannie Mae to Announce Major Federal Grant to Build and Rehabilitate Housing for Neighborhoods Plagued by Past Angel's Night Fires.



WHEN:    Monday, October 30
         3:30 p.m.

WHO:     The Honorable Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) United States House of 
         Representatives

         John George
         President, Motor City Blight Busters

         David Dworkin
         Director, Fannie Mae Michigan Partnership Office

WHAT:    Motor City Blight Busters was founded in 1988 with the
         mission and goal to stabilize and revitalize Detroit's long 
         forgotten neighborhoods. Rep. Joe Knollenberg represents the
         8th district of Michigan, including much of southwestern 
         Oakland County and part of Wayne County. Fannie Mae 
         (FNM/NYSE), the nation's largest source of financing for home
         mortgages, has committed to invest $1 billion in Detroit 
         neighborhoods over the next seven years. During its first 
         three years in Detroit, the company invested over $500 
         million, serving nearly 10,000 Detroit families.

WHERE:   Motor City Resource Center
         17405 Lahser Road
         Detroit, Michigan

         Directions:. From the Lodge Expressway, take Lahser Road 
         south past Seven Mile.  The Motor City Resource Center is
         just north of Grand River.