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4) Goal: Upgrade the employment opportunities for residents through the generation
of new job opportunities as part of the commercial corridor revitalization and in
identified redevelopment areas
Benchmarks
a) Continue efforts by the Newport News Department of Development to
secure a grocery store chain to serve as the anchor tenant as part of the
neighborhood shopping center component of the 39th Street redevelopment
effort. It is anticipated the grocery store to anchor the shopping center will
generate approximately 20 jobs in the community.
b) Complete the acquisition, relocation, and demolition activities necessary to
assemble the site for the Southeast CommerCenter which will be marketed
by the Newport News Industrial Development Authority (IDA). The resulting
22-acre site will provide employment opportunities in light industry.
c) Support the continued efforts to renovate the former Walter Reed Elementary
School to serve as the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center. Phase I was
completed under the initial NRSA and includes include office space for the
Office of Human Affairs, the local Community Action Agency engaged in a
variety of activities to promote economic empowerment for low-income families
and include a Neighborhood Credit Union. Subsequent phases will include a
gallery to display the artwork of African-American Folk Artist Anderson
Johnson, a dance studio, visual arts studio, and a theater/auditorium (phase I
completed under the initial NRSA).
IV. FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY
The initial Southeast Community Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA)
Plan provided the framework to incorporate the various positive projects initiated in the area
since 1995 along with various planned and proposed projects. Although the City of Newport
News has made commendable progress in addressing the benchmarks contained in the initial
plan, additional time is needed to complete some of the initial benchmarks as well as
additional benchmarks reflected in this revised and updated plan. The NRSA framework will
continue to provide a vision for the community which contains a variety of housing
opportunities to promote income-diversity and economic development assistance to
strengthen the neighborhood and community commercial and retail fabric. The community
currently benefits from a strategic location which places the residential, employment, and
cultural opportunities (current, planned, and potential) at the center of the Hampton Roads
metropolitan region.
This revised and updated NRSA Plan reflects the desire to generate a dynamic core
for the Southeast Community which will ultimately contain an array of attractive and affordable
housing, convenient retail and commercial services for these residential neighborhoods, and
employment opportunities. In addition to its strategic location, the designated Neighborhood
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