The citizen committee’s sole recommendation revolved around Block 33 in Old Town/Chinatown.
The citizen committee’s sole recommendation revolved around Block 33 in Old Town/Chinatown.
Block 33 already lies within the city’s Downtown Waterfront Urban Renewal Area, but that district lacks the funds available in the flush River District, which includes the booming Pearl District and much of Old Town/Chinatown.
After a City Council presentation Wednesday evening on the advisory committee’s recommendations, Hales said those will fulfill his plan to “right size” the city’s urban renewal districts, which have bulged close to the maximum allowed by state law.
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