Record #:

4080

Author(s):

Hajian, Eleanore J.

Abstract:

In 1991, Wilson decided to remove blighted neighborhoods from its urban center and replace them with low-income, affordable homes. Using a combination of funding sources, the city built twelve new homes in 1995. The project proved so successful the city then acquired fifty-six properties in a seven-block area, demolished old buildings, and built thirty-five new homes. By 1998, twenty-three of the homes were complete and sold.

Source:

Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p4-5, il

Subject(s):

City planning--Wilson; Urban renewal--Wilson

Record #:

5258

Author(s):

Lail, Matt

Abstract:

North Carolina has a number of towns where neighborhoods that were once thriving have become neglected, rundown, and crime-ridden. Lail discusses what the cities of Wilson and Troy did to solve the problems of neighborhood blight.

Source:

Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 52 Issue 9, Sept 2002, p1, 8-9, il

Subject(s):

City planning--Wilson; Urban renewal--Wilson; City planning--Troy; Urban renewal--Troy