RDC sets new goals for city

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By Mike Alexander

Local residents should attend the Beech Grove Redevelopment Commission (RDC) meeting today.
It will start at 7 p.m. in the Hornet Park Community Center, 5245 Hornet Avenue, near the high school.
In a meeting Tuesday at The Southside Times, Mayor Joe Wright, Economic Development Planner Michael R. Shaver and Public Relations Specialist Susan Nelson outlined an ambitious comprehensive-redevelopment plan. Representing The Southside Times were Brian Kelly, chief executive officer of Times Leader Publications; Roger Huntzinger, president of the newspaper division of Times Leader Publications; and Mike Alexander, editor.
With the near completion of Emerson Avenue Gateway, other areas of the city will be targeted, including Main Street, for sprucing up.
Shaver, a long-time specialist in community redevelopment, cited the following goals:

- Reducing neighborhood blight
- Attracting young professionals to live here
- Enhancing public safety
- Improving undeveloped commercial and industrial properties
- Bringing sewers, water lines and other utilities up to standard

When these goals have been accomplished, Shaver believes homeowners will benefit from improved property values.

One Response to “RDC sets new goals for city”

1. Let’s give credit where credit is due. « In case you missed it… says:
   1July 19th, 2007 at 2:25 pm

   [...] give credit where credit is due. In today’s issue of the Southside Times, Michael R Shaver’s comment in the final paragraph implies that the city’s code [...]

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