Framed certificate, 12 x 15, which reads 'The National Recognition Program for Community Development Excellence of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presents this Certificate of National Merit to the participants in the U.S. Grant Hotel for successful participation in an exemplary public/private partnership for the greater benefit of their community and serving as a worthy model for other communities'. Presented by Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1986.