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Title	"Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1970"
Alt. Title	"Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1970"
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/housing_authority_city_asheville/series_01_admin_files/redevelopment_ commission_1970/default_redevelopment_commission_1970.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 ; Buncombe County ; Buncombe County Health and Welfare Center ; 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 Youth Building ; Hall, Dr. David, Jr. ; High Rise Convention Motor Hotel ; housing ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville ; Jesse G. Ray ; Johnson, W. Tully ; Luther Thigpen ; McKenzie, D. Bieman ; modernization ; Ray, Jesse G ; Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville ; Redmond, Anthony ; rehabilitation ; Rehabilitation Department ; relocation ; Relocation Department ; Sheraton Motor Inn ; Thigpen, Luther ; urban planning ; urban renewal ; W. Tully Johnson ; 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 Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Date	1970
Publisher	Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville
Contributor	Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Type	text ; illustrations
Format	Book 8 1/2" x 11"
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	1970: 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 1970. Continuing where 1969’s pamphlet left off, the 1970 booklet records the completion of the YMCA, First Baptist Youth Center, Sheraton Motor Inn, and Buncombe County Health and Welfare Building. Updates are given about plans for the David Millard Junior High School property and other parcels of land. In addition, by the end of 1970, 65% of the property to be acquired in the East Riverside Project had been optioned. The Relocation Department had resettled 370 families and individuals and 6 businesses. 64 homes were rehabilitated, and the first parcels of land were sold in the project area.
Acquisition	2007-
Citation	Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records, "Redevelopment commission of the City of Asheville 1970" 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 1970 -- FULL TEXT
1	Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1970
2	Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Asheville CIVIC REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT N. C. R-13 The progress which is visible in the Civic Redevelopment Project N. C. R-13 marks 1970 as the year of five giant steps forward for the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville. (1) May 25, 1970 was opening day for the YMCA. This imposing structure is a big lift to the downtown area, and its programs are proving of great interest to all ages. (2) On August 23, 1970 the doors of the First Baptist Youth Building were opened. A beautiful addition to the existing structure, making the original building look new. (3) On October 5, 1970 Sheraton Motor Inn opened its doors with 150 beautiful guest rooms, and an already "talk of the town" lounge and restaurant. (4) November 16, 1970 the new Buncombe County Health and Welfare Building, completed ahead of schedule, began receiving its tenants. It is a definite architectural enhancement to the area. (5) An amendment to the project now awaiting final HUD approval will give us the green light to purchase David Millard Junior High School, and changes the reuse of Parcel 16, the Civic Arts Center Site, to business, and the David Millard Junior High School, as well as Parcel 8, also to business use. We are presently advertising for sale Parcel 20 (the old YMCA site). Very strong interest has been received to construct a High Rise Convention Motor Hotel. Bid opening date is December 18, and at least two bids are expected. A facility of this caliber on that site leaves us in an excellent position to market Parcels 16 and 30, as well as other sites, to good commercial use.
3	EAST RIVERSIDE PROJECT N. C. R-48 The East Riverside Urban Renewal Project N. C. R-48 is at the end of its second full year in the execution stage, and is progressing on schedule. To date 65% of the properties to be acquired have been optioned at an expenditure of $2,958,805, and of this, $2,427,900 has been purchased. The Relocation Department is keeping up with the pace of acquisition, and has relocated 370 families and individuals in private sales, private rentals and public housing. Six business concerns have been relocated. There have been 64 homes rehabilitated to the minimum property standards in the project area. The Rehabilitation Department has increased its workload, and hopefully this number will be doubled in 1971. There has been an effort to attract additional contractors which will certainly be advantageous to the Rehabilitation Department and residents in the East Riverside area. On November 5, 1970 the Redevelopment Commission received bids for the sale of two residential lots in the East Riverside Project. This is the first property to be sold in the project area, and it is hoped that many more residential lots can be offered for sale in 1971. Very truly yours, Luther Thigpen, Chairman David Hall, Jr. Vice Chairman D. Bieman McKenzie Jesse Ray Anthony Redmond, Attorney W. Tully Johnson, Acting Executive Director
4	REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE BALANCE SHEET At September 30, 1970 R-13 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash on Hand and in Bank .................................................................................................. $19,526.96 Relocation Grants Due from Government ................................................................................. 4,910.45 Accounts Receivable -- Tenants .................................................................................................. 427.49 Revolving Fund ................................................................................... 1,000.00 Investments Held ................................................................................................................... 39,399.20 PROJECT COSTS: Project Cost Control ........................................................................................................ 4,102,820.78 Relocation Payments ............................................................................................................ 266,486.45 Total Assets ........................................................................................................................ $4,434,571.33 LIABILITIES, RESERVES and CAPITAL CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable -- Joint Act. R-13 ..................................................................................... $1,369.39 Deposit on Sale of Land .......................................................................... 4,815.00 Other Notes & Loans -- Payable ...................................................................................... 1,215,312.36 Accrued Interest on Temp. Loans .......................................................................................... 10,758.85 RESERVES: Sale Price on Land Sold ...................................................................................................... 544,748.28 CAPITAL: Local Cash Grants-in-Aid .................................................................................................... 544,608.00 Project Capital Grant ........................................................................................................ 1,846,473.00 Relocation Grants ................................................................................................................ 266,486.45 Total Liabilities, Reserves and Capital .................................................................................. $4,434,571.33 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE BALANCE SHEET At September 30, 1970 R-48 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash on Hand and in Bank .................................................................................................. $29,939.75 Relocation Grant Due from Government ............................................................................... 198,776.37 Accounts Receivable -- Tenants .............................................................................................. 8,175.47 Revolving Fund ................................................................................. 15,000.00 Rehabilitation Grant due from Government ............................................................................. 74,345.00 Investments Held .............................................................................................................. 1,810,194.55 PROJECT COSTS: Project Cost Control ........................................................................................................ 4,671,011.07 Relocation Payments ............................................................................................................ 607,056.37 Rehabilitation payments ........................................................................................................ 156,460.00 Total Assets ........................................................................................................................ $7,570,958.58 LIABILITIES and CAPITAL CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable -- Contract Retentions ................................................................................. 8,130.00 Real Estate Taxes .................................................................................... 5,518.68 Joint Activities ....................................................................................... 12,973.91 Bid Deposits ................................................................................................. 50.00 Other Notes and Loans Payable ....................................................................................... 3,140,000.00 Accrued Interest -- Other Notes & Loans .............................................................................. 50,556.62 CAPITAL: Local Cash Grants-in-Aid .................................................................................................... 486,502.00 Non-Cash Local Grants-in-Aid ............................................................................................ 798,419.00 Project Capital Grant ........................................................................................................ 2,305,292.00 Relocation Grant .................................................................................................................. 607,056.37 Rehabilitation Grant ............................................................................................................. 156,460.00 Total Liabilities and Capital .................................................................................................. $7,570,958.58	CC
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[Cover] Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville, 1970 Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, UNCA

[Cover] Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville, 1970
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