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MEDC members press for proactive steps on blighted and vacant properties; ask staff to coordinate outreach and ordinance review
Summary
Board members urged more proactive outreach, potential rezoning and ordinance updates to address blighted and vacant properties; MEDC directed staff to draft an informational flyer and to ask city council to consider vacant-building ordinances and enforcement options.
Board members used July 15’s meeting to press for more proactive steps to address neglected, vacant and substandard properties in and around downtown Montgomery. Several members said dilapidated properties near areas targeted for investment reduce the effectiveness of MEDC-funded projects and discourage reinvestment.
Speakers proposed a mix of outreach and regulatory options: sending informational…
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