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Article: Some East End residents still wary of urban renewal
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 29, 2002
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Last summer, the words "slum" and "blight" represented a double-
barreled gun that more or less froze a 36-block urban renewal plan
north of Washington Street.
The issue came to a head when about 75 residents showed up for a
City Council urban renewal committee meeting at City Hall. The
meeting ended contentiously.
Residents did not want to live with the stigma that their
neighborhood had been categorized a "slum." They feared widespread
demolition, though nothing had been particularly targeted.
Skip to Nov. 18, when committee chairwoman Sara Crickenberger