5 Year Mid-City Recovery Redevelopment Approved

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Category: Local Development

Published on Friday, 11 June 2010 16:40

Written by Dianne Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

Angela C. Ovalle           Yonah Hong

Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Gives Unanimous Support  to 5 Year Mid-City Recovery Redevelopment

The crowd attending the May 20 CRA meeting at the Nate Holden Performing Arts broke out into applause as CRA unanimously approved the 5 year plan to develop the Mid-City community.
The plan includes 5 goals;

1 Attract private investment  for 2375 Washington   
Blvd., 3900 Jefferson Blvd., Adams/La Brea and the      
Crenshaw Gateway
2 Business Retention with a commercial facade
program, Jefferson Blvd. Streetscape and Public
Improvement Program, a marketing plan and a Pico
Blvd. parking district/structure.
3 Develop Affordable Housing; 5th Ave. and Jefferson
blvd. Mixed Use Project, Capri Villas Senior Apart
ments, Crenshaw Villas, Tuelyn Terrace.
4 Job Creation and Retention Programs; Capacity building
program, Workforce Development Program.
5 Implement the Mid-City Vision and Implementation Plan
Crenshaw Blvd. Parking district, Expansion of the Greater
Crenshaw Leimert Park Business Improvement District, Vision   
Plan Green Infrastructure Program                      D. V. Lawrence