February 05, 2018
A resolution recently approved by Norfolk City Council could launch one of the largest modern urban renewal projects on the East Coast.
According to city officials, the resolution authorizes the Norfolk’s City Manager to seek permission from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to demolish three mostly Black public housing communities where over 4,000 low income and working class families and 2,200 children live. The cleared sites of Tidewater Gardens, Young Terrace and Calvert Square would then be replaced and redeveloped…
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January 25, 2018
THE NORFOLK City Council made a promise on Tuesday night when it voted to proceed with redevelopment of the 200-acre parcel of land known as the St. Paul’s area.
To the residents of three housing projects there — about 4,200 people, including about 2,200 children — the council pledged its care and communication. It said it would ensure for them a smooth transition as this massive initiative takes shape…
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January 24, 2018
Norfolk city council pushed through a resolution to knock down three low-income housing developments in the St. Paul’s corridor.
It passed with a 7-1 vote.
Councilman Paul Riddick was the only vote against the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority project.
The housing developments will be replaced with mixed-income and mixed-use properties…
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January 24, 2018
The City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to support demolishing much of Norfolk’s public housing and replacing it with new mixed-income communities.
The effort targets the Tidewater Gardens, Calvert Square and Young Terrace public housing communities, just east of downtown in the area sometimes called St. Paul’s, for redevelopment…
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January 24, 2018
City council members voted Tuesday night to support a plan to start the process of demolishing three public housing projects.
The proposal passed 7-1.
The plan would require demolishing Tidewater Gardens, Young Terrace, and Calvert Square, according to the city council agenda. Those neighborhoods contain about 1700 units. In its place, mixed-income housing would be built…
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January 24, 2018
Norfolk City Council voted in favor of a resolution that puts the city one step close toward overhauling three public housing neighborhoods.
Council approved a resolution with a 7-1 vote to allow City Manager Douglas L. Smith to work with the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority on a plan for the Saint Paul’s area…
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