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Residents press council zoning committee on Elm Street blight; speakers urge stronger community role in development decisions
Summary
During public comment, Vine City and Morningside residents urged the Zoning Committee to address long-standing blighted properties on Elm Street and called for continued reliance on neighborhood input in development decisions, citing historic community victories and the NPU system.
Residents used the committee’s public-comment period to press elected members to address persistent blight on Elm Street and to emphasize community involvement in development decisions.
Helen D. Williams, a Vine City resident, described long-neglected properties on Elm Street behind Cosmopolitan AME Church and cited specific addresses she said are problems for the neighborhood. Williams said properties “have been overgrown, over 35 years” and identified 139 Sunset Avenue (which she said is being torn down) and 293 Sunset Avenue, which she said is owned by James Joe James Property, LLC and is valued at…
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