Article: HUD Secretary Challenges Cities to Recruit Community Builders

WASHINGTON, April 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Andrew Cuomo today issued a challenge to cities across the country to recruit skilled professionals for HUD's hi-tech "urban Peace Corps" that will bring new energy into government by employing experienced workers in temporary, hands-on positions to revitalize America's cities.

"We will start out this year with more than two hundred recruits and will expand over the years into a powerful movement for growth and empowerment," Cuomo said. "I look forward to mayors concerned about the future of urban America taking my challenge and helping me recruit local stars."

Launched last month, HUD's Community Builders ...

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