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Committee reviews 14 city-owned parcels and eyes redevelopment options for 45-acre Baptist site
Summary
Members examined 14 city-owned vacant parcels for possible affordable-housing uses, debated sell-vs-develop tradeoffs on small infill lots (example: 414 East Blunt St.) and emphasized the development potential of the 45-acre Baptist Legacy Campus; Pensacola Habitat outlined recent land donations and land-trust activity.
The City of Pensacola committee spent the meeting reviewing a packet of 14 city-owned vacant parcels and discussing options for disposition, disposition policy changes and redevelopment pathways, including transfer to a community land trust or targeted redevelopment with public incentives.
Paul Ritz flagged small infill parcels that may be legally buildable but contextually awkward — citing 414 East Blunt Street as roughly "21 feet wide" with an existing dilapidated house — and asked whether the city should sell such parcels, donate them to adjacent owners, or…
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