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untanglingwebs
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Kristen followed up on her story about the City of Flint hiring a training entity named Community development Experts (CDE) for the Department of Community and Economic Development. She notified the city that the Trade Mark for the company was forfeited in the the State of Maryland. After the city notified the company, communications were sent to HUD.
The interesting part of this communication is CDE expressing ignorance of the rules regarding the State of Maryland laws regarding the continuation of their trademark. They also professed ignorance regarding the Michigan DLEG registration to do business in the state. And yet this company is asking to be able to continue to educate Flint on HUD rules. |
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Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:14 pm |
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On April 13, 2011 Jackie Foster forwarded an e-mail from Ron Allen (ron@cdexperts.net) dated 4/12/11.
This correspondence is in response to questions that have arisen regarding Community Development Experts (CDE) status as a currently active business recognized in the State of maryland and our companies expertise conducting business in states throughout the country.
CDE was informed by the the city today, Tuesday, April 12th, that our business was listed as "forfeitef" on a Maryland State web site. This apparently was discovered by a Flint Journal reporter by the name of Kristen Longley. CDE researched various Maryland government web sites and was able to confirm Ms. Longley's information specifically on the maryland Department of Assessments and taxation web site. This finding came as a surprise to us since we've never received communication from the state agency regarding this issue.
This"forfeited" status is specifically regarding our trade name registration in the state. Apparently the state issued CDE a request for registration renewal on 6/15/2009 that subsequently expired on 11/15/2009. Unfortunately, our business was not aware of the requirement for renewal of our trade name which apparently is to be conducted every five years with the state at a minimal cost of twenty five dollars. If so we would have certainly anticipated this and responded appropriately. But even more important to this oversight is the fact that the state agency sent the renewal registration information in error to a prior address for our business based on outdated address information listed for CDE on their own web site. When CDE applied for the original trade name on November 2, 2004 our business address was 15439 Reprise Terrace, Rockville Md 20850. Our new business address since 2005 has been 18804 Impulse Lane, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20879. Although CDE put in a request for forwarding of mail with the USPS in 2004 the service request expired after ninety days so any subsequent mail did not get delivered to our new address. CDE did not update the change of information with Maryland because we were not aware that this was a stste requirement. In response to this revelation, CDE will pursue updating our trade name registration with Maryland on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. We anticipate confirmation of this update hopefully by close of business the same day.
Second, CDE was also made aware of a possible requirement to have a business license in the state of MIchigan in order to engage in a contract with the City of Flint. Based on our experience working with local governments around the country this requirement appears to be an aberation from normal practice.
CDE has provided various technical assistance via contracts to HUD grantees since 2004 and have never been required to obtain a business license for any statein which we conductucted business. This includes training workshops in enough states states to cover more than a thousand particpants who have attended these sessions. Other states in which we have conducted business that do not require a license include Florida, California, Alabama, Alaska, Indiana, Illinois and Texas. Also our current clients: Chicago IL, Washington DC, Montgomery Co TX, Suffolk VA, and Bloomfield NJ do not require a business license. A probable reason for not requiring business licenses for contractors like CDE is that our service is directly to local governments and not to individuals or other businesses. If so, we would be providing goods or services that were the property of CDE. Instead we provide services related to a federal government system (IDIS) which contains information that belongs to the general public.
In conclusion, we hope that in light of this discussion, CDE will still be allowed to perform the scope of services to the city outlined in our earlier proposal and in a time frame that works best for the city and CDE/ |
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Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:58 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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So if I read this correctly, CDE:
1) doesn't know the reuirements of the State of maryland regarding business licensure,
2) doesn't realise the importance of informing entities they do business with of any changes in address,
And yet they are experts on followong the rules and regulations regarding HUD IDIS. |
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Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:03 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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Community Development Experts
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