Atlanta Escorts: Vine City targeted for revitalization

Posted on October 24th, 2010 in Atlanta escorts

Before 1996, the neighborhood had a dry cleaners, a shoe repair shop, a liquor store and a nightclub. Those places are gone, sighed Kalem Hasan, a shopkeeper at the Su-Bet Beauty Shop.
Nearby, Marshall Lay, who works in a local barbershop, said that the area is improving but its needs are basic. “What the neighborhood needs is jobs,” he said.
Economic engines
The idea behind the small grants is not to make over a neighborhood, said Catherine Ross, director of the Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development at Georgia Tech.
Instead, each project should encourage other businesses to think that the area is improving. Turning an area around can take a long time; just look at Midtown Atlanta, Ross said.
“I can remember when prostitution was the most common profession in Midtown,” she said. “It’s been 25 years — that’s a long time. But you’ve had a real transformation.”

See the full article from “Atlanta Journal Constitution”



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