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- Vestal was selected
as a Bicentennial Neighborhood in 1997. A total of $6.5 million in
private and public funding was awarded for housing and infrastructure
improvements.
- Since 1997, 42 homes
have been rehabilitated or replaced in the neighborhood. The city
and county continue to sign contracts to rehabilitate deteriorated
homes.
- Other planned public
improvements include creating new greenways, and improving transportation
and infrastructure facilities.
- Vestal is within Knoxville’s
Empowerment Zone (a $100 million federal grant program for economic
development and community improvement).
- Much of the neighborhood
is zoned industrial (I-2 and I-3). A general rezoning of the non-conforming
use areas to residential (R-1A and R-2) will be needed.
- Higher crime rates remained
an issue within the neighborhood.
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