July 21, 2011 News » The Fly-By

Out of the Ghetto 

Vance Avenue group kicks off revitalization plan.

by Hannah Sayle
For years, downtown's Vance Avenue has been characterized by crumbling housing projects and boarded-up businesses. But last Tuesday, a group of around 100 Vance residents and stakeholders met to kick off a plan that will transform their aging, impoverished community into a…

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