City Council Reconstitutes Redevelopment Agency
Two former members called serve again on five-member board.
Last night the City Council appointed five members to the Redevelopment Agency, dormant since about 2004, to foster the expansion of businesses in Highland Corporate Park, put vacant industrial properties to use, and convert failing residential buildings into new housing. Rhode Island Title 45 empowers cities and towns to establish redevelopment agencies, "to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, properties in violation of the locality's or city's minimum housing code," for redevleopment for business and residential use. Economic Development Direct Matt Wojcik told Council members at a work session in the second floor conference room at City Hall last night there are many properties in Woonsocket like 84 Fairmont St., site of the …
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6:49 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
bring in some more none tax payers, this will solve your budget problems more ›