Do you remember this letter?

If you've been around Lake Worth for awhile you'll remember this letter from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Joan Oliva, the Executive Director of the Lake Worth CRA. Note that this was $23,237,500 that would have gone to another community in the United States were it not for the CRA's hard work and gumption that allowed them to have the CRA apply for it themselves. That's right. Nearly $24 million dollars went to our community to improve its physical housing stock, and to help families and individuals find decent, affordable housing.

Note that the city commission and city manager at the time were opposed to this grant coming to Lake Worth. Why? You'll have to ask some of the high-achievers on the Commission in 2009 why that was the case.