New+Deal

__//**New Deal**//__ =**//__City Lake__//**= //**City Lake, located off Sunset Avenue at the Tar River, was first constructed as Works Progress Administration project under President Franklin Roosevelt's administration in 1937. The lake undergone many facelifts over the years, with a complete beautification project concluded in 1993. Joggers and Walkers make a trek around a half-mile concrete path surrounding the lake, whhile others relax under the tall hardwoods and pines to feed the exotic waterfowl living around the famous site. Other amenities include a gazebo, piers, a bridge to the island, and a fountain. By the day or night, City Lake is one of the most beautiful sites in the two counties. Called "a place for us to come together" City Lake has become a symbol of the Rocky Mount area.**//
 * **Program** || **Date** || **Purpose** ||
 * **//Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Reduced production of crops, to raise farm prizes.//**
 * //Declared unconstitution in 1936//** ||
 * **//National Recovery Administration (NRA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Reduced destructive competition and helped workers by setting//**
 * //minimum wages and maximun weekly hours. Declared unconstitutional in 1935.//** ||
 * **//Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Built dams on Tennesse River to control flooding//** and generate electricity. ||
 * **//Public Works Administration (PWA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Put people to work building roads, building, and other public works projects.//** ||
 * **//Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)//** || **//1933//** || **//Insured individual savings accoutns so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed their doors.//** ||
 * **//Federal Emegency Relief Administraion (FERA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Provided federal funds for state and community relief efforts.//** ||
 * **//Civil Works Administration (CWA)//** || **//1933//** || **//Provided temporary federal jobs for the unemployed.//** ||
 * **//Civillian Conservation Corps (CCC)//** || **//1933//** || **//Provided for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and building parks.//** ||

=__//**Google map of City Lake**//__=

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