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Title	"Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1969"
Alt. Title	"Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1969"
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/housing_authority_city_asheville/series_01_admin_files/redevelopment_ commission_1969/default_redevelopment_commission_1969.htm
Creator	Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville
Alt Creator	Housing Authority of the City of Asheville -- NC R-13 Civic Redevelopment Project ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville -- NC R-48 East Riverside Urban Renewal Project
Subject Keyword	Anthony Redmond ; Asheville City Council ; Asheville, NC ; Beaucatcher Mountain ; Buncombe County ; Buncombe County Health and Welfare Center ; Charlotte Street ; Civic Arts Association ; Civic Arts Center ; Civic Redevelopment Project N. C. R-13 ; civic improvement ; city planning ; David Millard Junior High School ; D. Bieman McKenzie ; Dr. David Hall, Jr. ; East Riverside Renewal Project ; East Riverside Urban Renewal Project N.C. R-48 ; First Baptist Church of the City of Asheville ; Hall, Dr. David, Jr. ; Hanks, W. Neal ; housing ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville ; J. Alfred Miller ; Jesse G. Ray ; Luther Thigpen ; McKenzie, D. Bieman ; Miller, J. Alfred ; modernization ; North Carolina State Highway Department ; Orchard Street ; public housing ; Ray, Jesse G ; Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville ; Redmond, Anthony ; rehabilitation ; relocation ; Relocation Staff ; Sheraton Inn Hotel ; Social Services Department ; Thigpen, Luther ; traffic engineering ; urban planning ; urban renewal ; W. Neal Hanks ; YMCA ;
Subject LCSH	Asheville (N.C.) -- Planning City planning -- North Carolina -- Asheville City planning -- United States -- Asheville (N.C.) Civic improvement -- North Carolina -- Asheville Asheville (N.C.) -- Urban renewal Urban renewal -- North Carolina -- Asheville Urban renewal -- United States -- Case studies Real property -- North Carolina -- Asheville Housing -- North Carolina -- Asheville Traffic engineering -- North Carolina -- Asheville Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Date	1969
Publisher	Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville
Contributor	Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Type	text ; illustrations
Format	Booklet 7" x 8 1/2"
Source	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, Manuscript Collections M2007.12.1
Language	English
Relation	Is part of: Asheville Model City Records, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, UNCA ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville ..., D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA.
Coverage	1969: Asheville, N.C.
Rights	Any display, publication or public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	Donor 310 ; City of Asheville, NC.
Description	This booklet spotlights the major achievements in Asheville’s urban renewal project in 1969. Notable accomplishments include the first sales of buildings sites for redevelopment in Civic Redevelopment Project NC R-13. Other new construction projects were the YMCA, Buncombe County Health and Welfare Center, the Youth Building of the First Baptist Church, and the Sheraton Inn Hotel. In addition, the East Riverside Project completed its first full year of execution; over 350 parcels of land were “optioned,” roughly 40% of all the properties to be acquired during the project. 106 families, 33 individuals, and 6 businesses were relocated, and 35 structures completed rehabilitation, while another 48 were actively being rehabilitated. The booklet also addresses the prospective rearrangement of streets and gives updates on the status of land parcels still to be sold, particularly the proposed Civic Arts Center cite. A brief expense account is also included.
Acquisition	2007-
Citation	Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records, "Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1969" D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Processed by	Special Collections staff 2008
Last update	2008-05-01
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Development Commission of the City of Asheville 1969 -- FULL TEXT
1	Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1969
2	Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Asheville The year 1969 will certainly be recorded in the history books as a very active and progressive year for the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville. After many years of waiting, the Civic Redevelopment Project N. C. R-13 is finally beginning to show the fruits of our labor. In 1969 the first building sites were sold for redevelopment. The first construction in the project, the new YMCA Building, was begun early this summer and now is rapidly approaching completion. As all can see, this beautiful new building will be an asset to the entire City of Asheville. Also under construction in the project is the new Buncombe County Health and Welfare Center, a multi-million dollar facility that will serve not only the City of Asheville and Buncombe County in our health and welfare needs, but Western North Carolina as well. It is expected that this building will be completed in the early spring. The addition to the First Baptist Church of the City of Asheville is presently under way on a site sold to them by the Redevelopment Commission and will house the new Youth Building for the church. A new Sheraton Inn Hotel is now under construction with the completion date in May, 1970. This facility will contain 150 rental units, a restaurant, a lounge and convention facilities that will accommodate up to 400 individuals at a cost in excess of 2 million dollars. It is further expected that other sites will be sold prior to the end of 1969. New streets are presently under construction and will be serviceable by the first of the year. Eight additonal [sic] parcels were included in the total acquisition program due to the decision of the previous City Council not to delete the 3-acre tract located north of the expressway at Orchard Street. Of these eight parcels only two remain to be acquired. All other acquisition, with the exception of two small remnants in the Civic Redevelopment Project, have been acquired, however, both staff and consultants are presently preparing an amendment to the project which will include among other things the possible acquisition of the David Millard Junior High School and rearrangement of certain streets in the east end of the project brought about by the proposed open cut through Beaucatcher Mountain by the State Highway Department. To date, of the thirteen parcels to be sold, the Commission has deeded four parcels. Some problems yet to be solved in completing the Civic Redevelopment Project include
3	the continued delay by the State Highway Department in the construction of the proposed Charlotte Street extension through the project, and relocation of expressway ramps into the new street. Of major importance is the pending final decision of City Council regarding the disposition of the proposed Civic Arts Center site located in the project. This particular site, or an alternate site proposed by the Commission, will either be sold to the Civic Arts Association for the construction of a Civic Arts Center or can be placed on the market for commercial use. The East Riverside Urban Renewal Project N.C. R-48 has completed the first full year in the execution phase and is at present in full swing. To date over 350 parcels of land, representing an expenditure of $1,943,050. have been optioned. This represents 40% of all the properties to be acquired in the project. The Relocation Staff has already relocated 106 families, 33 individuals and 6 businesses into safe, sound, sanitary and standard houses and business places. The Rehabilitation program is moving forward with 35 structures having been rehabilitated and brought up to standard, and an additional 48 more structures are presently in the process of being rehabilitated. The Social Services Department is working daily with the families of the project, and has to date started a number of classes for the residents. Block clubs soon to be established will afford the residents with an opportunity to have a voice in the execution of the project. It is with pleasure that we submit this Annual Report for your review, and be assured that both Commissioners and Staff will continue to do our part in Accelerating Asheville. Very truly yours, J. Alfred Miller, Chairman D. Bieman McKenzie, Vice Chairman Dr. David Hall, Jr. Luther Thigpen Jesse Ray Anthony Redmond, Attorney W. Neal Hanks, Executive Director
4	REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE BALANCE SHEET At August 31, 1969 R-13 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash on Hand and in Bank ......................................................................................... $38, 449.17 Relocation Grants Due from Govt .................................................................................... 6,344.23 Accounts Receivable - Tenants........................................................................................... 710.08 Revolving Fund ........................................................................... 3,000.00 Investments Held ........................................................................................................ 391,273.34 PROJECT COSTS: Project Cost Control ................................................................................................ 3,963,820.18 Relocation Payments ................................................................................................... 261,148.23 Total Assets ................................................................................................................ $4,664,745.23 LIABILITIES, RESERVES and CAPITAL CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable - Real Estate Taxes .............................................................................. $179.17 Revolving Fund ................................................................................... 795.75 Deposit on Sale of Land ................................................................... 4,815.00 Other Notes and Loans Payable -- Non-HUD ......................................................... 1,890,000.00 Accrued Interest Payable -- Other Notes and Loans ..................................................... 10,684.80 RESERVES: Sales Prices of Land Sold ........................................................................................... 528,748.28 CAPITAL: Local Cash Grant-in-Aid ............................................................................................. 544,608.00 Project Capital Grant ............................................................................................... 1,423,766.00 Relocation Grant ......................................................................................................... 261,148.23 Total Liabilities, Reserves and Capital .......................................................................... $4,664,745.23 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE BALANCE SHEET At August 31, 1969 R-48 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash on Hand and in Bank ......................................................................................... $52,099.11 Relocation Grants Due from Govt ............................................................................... 229,129.41 Accounts Receivable - Tenants ....................................................................................... 2,053.52 Revolving Fund ........................................................................... 7,800.00 Rehabilitation Grants Due from Govt ............................................................................. 61,195.00 Investments Held ..................................................................................................... 2,605,917.30 PROJECT COSTS: Project Cost Control ............................................................................................... 2,276,372.02 Relocation Payments ................................................................................................... 240,483.41 Rehabilitation Payments ................................................................................................. 61,195.00 Total Assets ............................................................................................................... $ 5,536,244.77 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable - Contract Retentions ........................................................................ $2,210.00 Real Estate Taxes ............................................................................. 4,923.11 Revolving Fund ............................................................................... 10,534.18 Bid Deposits .......................................................................................... 50.00 Other Notes and Loans Payable -- Non-HUD .......................................................... 4,790,000.00 Accrued Interest -- Other Notes and Loans .................................................................. 26,849.07 CAPITAL: Local Cash Grant-in-Aid ............................................................................................. 400,000.00 Relocation Grant ......................................................................................................... 240,483.41 Rehabilitation Grant ....................................................................................................... 61,195.00 Total Liabilities and Capital ......................................................................................... $5,536,244.77
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