The
Redevelopment Agency approved the Midtown Redevelopment
Project Area on July 2, 2002. The project area encompasses
approximately 3,500 acres and includes the area generally between
Interstate Route 5 and State Route 99, south of Harding Way and
north of the Crosstown Freeway.
When the Redevelopment Agency adopted the Midtown Project Area
they also merged the existing Eastland Redevelopment Project with
Midtown. The Eastland Redevelopment Project was a 94-acre commercial,
retail and residential development containing the Eastland Plaza
Shopping Center located on Wilson Way.
No
specific projects are proposed at the current time, but the Midtown
Project Area Committee (PAC), which is composed of nine residents
and business owners and operators from the area, is working to
establish priorities for the types of programs and projects that
would most benefit the area. In
general terms, the following are the types of projects that the
PAC would like to see undertaken:
- Housing
Projects, consisting primarily of housing rehabilitation and
homeownership assistance;
- Business
Assistance, including assistance with new construction and business
retention programs;
- Cleanup
of contaminated properties; and
- Infrastructure
repairs
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