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  • Did you know that Carroll Township is the only township in

    Carlisle, PA
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    Carroll Township, Perry County does not levy a real estate tax on residents, instead funding services through earned income tax (1.70%), fire tax (0.034 mills), per capita tax ($5.00), and real estate transfer tax (1.0%). The Spring 2023 newsletter announced a Spring Cleanup event scheduled for May 13, 2023, accepting tires, metal, and bulk trash with specific limits and fees, and noted that the Community Center is undergoing repairs funded by COVID relief funds, with furnaces installed and roof replaced, pending water system permitting.

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  • Equity and Empowerment Commission Reparations Recommendations - Wealth and Opportunity Gaps

    Evanston, IL
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    The Equity and Empowerment Commission submitted reparations recommendations to the Evanston City Council on September 9, 2019, responding to a June 2019 request from Alderman Rue Simmons to address historical wealth and opportunity gaps affecting African American residents. The Commission held community meetings on July 11 and July 13, 2019, where attendees identified five priority categories (History/Culture, Finance, Education, Institutions/Systems, and Power Structure) and generated specific policy recommendations. Proposed actions include housing initiatives such as property tax relief for long-time African American property owners, down payment assistance for income-qualified home purchasers, and housing repair assistance, plus economic development measures including repurposing the Gibbs-Morrison Center for African American entrepreneur co-working space. The Commission recommended that the City Council receive the report and direct the City Manager to conduct additional research and data collection to determine feasibility, noting that implementation decisions were beyond the scope of the commission's current work.

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  • Local Reparations - Kamm Howard

    Evanston, IL
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    This document outlines a framework for local reparations initiatives presented at an Evanston Town Hall on May 21, 2020, by Kamm Howard. It traces the evolution of reparations work from pre-2018 resolutions supporting HR 40 through 2018–2020 implementation in New York, Evanston, Chicago, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California. The framework defines reparations broadly as any resources targeted toward repair or healing of current injuries from past harms related to enslavement, Jim Crow, or post-Jim Crow discrimination against Black communities. It establishes three minimum guidelines from NAARC: initiatives must be determined by the injured community, resources must be administered or approved by that community, and policy must specifically target past harms. The document compares three models—HR 40, Evanston, and M. Williamson—and categorizes reparative initiatives into full repair (cessation, restitution, compensation, satisfaction, rehabilitation) and benefits (direct and collective), with specific examples from Evanston (business grants, affordable housing, STEM center, co-ops) and Chicago (vocational training, proportionate representation in city contracts, apology consistent with international norms).

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  • Equity and Empowerment Commission - Recommendations on Actions to Address Wealth and Opportunity Gaps

    Evanston, IL
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    The Equity & Empowerment Commission submitted recommendations to the Evanston City Council on September 9, 2019, requesting authorization for a feasibility study on reparations addressing wealth and opportunity gaps for African-American residents. The recommendations span three areas: housing (property tax relief, repair assistance, down payment assistance, and rental assistance for African-American property owners and renters); economic development (repurposing the Gibbs-Morrison Center for African-American entrepreneurs, workforce training, and low-interest business loans); and livability benefits (community engagement and equitable access to assets). The Commission developed these recommendations following community meetings held July 11th and 13th, 2019, where attendees identified five priority categories (History/Culture, Finance, Education, Institutions/Systems, and Power/Structure) and provided input on addressing Evanston's historical institutional racism and discrimination.

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