Ben Carson to Visit Norfolk Next Week

March 30, 2018

Dr. Ben Carson will be making a trip to Norfolk next week.

Norfolk city officials confirmed the visit…

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Visit Norfolk as City Plans Major Changes to Public Housing

March 30, 2018

Ben Carson, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is expected to visit the city Tuesday, according to Mayor Kenny Alexander.

Alexander hopes to share plans for the overhaul of a 200-acre swath near downtown that now includes three public housing communities…

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Public Invited to Speak Thursday Night on Norfolk’s Annual Public Housing Plan

March 08, 2018

Norfolk residents will get the chance to weigh in on the city’s public housing plan for next year Thursday night. 

This includes the redevelopment of the St. Paul’s area.

During the meeting, the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority will hear public comments on its complete five year plan and their yearly plan for programs…

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Norfolk’s Plan for Public Housing is New, but its Roots Date Back Decades

February 22, 2018

The redevelopment of the St. Paul’s Quadrant – the 200-acre area north and east of Norfolk’s downtown that houses more than half of the city’s public housing – has been a controversial topic for years.

But Norfolk’s goal, replacing three public housing communities with mixed-income neighborhoods, fits a 30-year national trend of breaking up concentrations of the poorest citizens.

Some residents objected that a plan put forward by city staff last year hadn’t taken them into consideration. The City Council ordered staff to gather more input from the affected communities…

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Norfolk Mayor Meeting with President Trump to Discuss Private Investment in Low-Income Areas

February 14, 2018

Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander will be one of a small handful of mayors and business people to meet with President Donald Trump today at the White House to talk about opportunity zones, a new community development program designed to steer private investment into low-income neighborhoods…

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Norfolk’s Urban Renewal Project Gets Underway

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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