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Other Revital Description:
Identify the neighborhood boundaries for this The boundaries are from 39th Street to
17th Street between Terminal Avenue
target area.
and Orcutt Avenue, with some skipped
properties throughout the stated
boundaries.
Include specific housing and commercial
At the time of the Title 36 area approval,
characteristics of this target area. as Amended in 1997, 34% of the total
number of properties investigated (a
sample of the area) was determined to be
"substandard to a degree warranting
clearance or extensive rehabilitation. In
addition, 102 vacant parcels (20% of the
total number of properties reviewed)
were considered as factors which restrict
the area's development. Accordingly,
54% of property in the proposed
amendment area is either severely
blighted or serves as a deterrent to new
development to such a degree that
redevelopment through public action is
deemed necessary. The total combined
redevelopment project area measures
+/- 100 acres and includes the area
designated for redevelopment under the
original Southeast Community Corridor
Redevelopment Plan approved December
14, 1994 by the Newport News City
Council. Sixty four (64%) per cent of the
properties located within the combined
redevelopment area have been
determined to be blighted.
How did your consultation and citizen
In the majority of public meetings the
participation process help you to identify this overriding concern from citizens is
neighborhood as a target area? redevelopment of the southeast part of
the City, which is the oldest part of the
locality and has the largest number of
lower income and minority persons. The
Title 36 Redevelopment area
encompasses a large amount of this part
of the City.
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