These little gems are in Ward #4. I believe T.J. Walker, Councilman, has a heart for saving them. The more the Ward gets involved with their neighborhood housing, chances increase that others will join in the financial end of saving them. The possibilities of this significant housing has been ignored. The state of them proves this is so. Over the roofs of these small homes fly’s the banner of RESTORATION. Make saving the shotguns a priority in Wards 1-4 where the bulk of them are.
I’m all excited because $1.4 million in grant money is coming from Hud. These grants are used to build, purchase and/or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or providing direct rental assistance to low-income people.
What an opportunity to change the lives of people who have been living the reality of blighted and unsafe housing. I talk on todays new 5-minute podcast, Talking Main Street with Stepheny, about this grant money; the opportunity and my concerns. Hope you will listen in PODCAST Link:
https://anchor.fm/stepheny-houghtlin
PODCAST: anchor.fm/stepheny-houghtlin
Main Street Rocky Mount 
Stephany, the restoration of these properties will be the backbone of Wards 1-4. I hope the city realizes that additional tax breaks for these owners will only strengthen the revitalization project that the city of Rocky Mount desperately needs to succeed!
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