Council committee approves Bainbridge resolution

Oct 23rd, 2014 – by 1
  City officials say they are hopeful the stage is set for productive discussions about low-income apartments on Armour Boulevard. The council’s Neighborhood, Housing and Community Development Committee passed a resolution Wednesday expressing ...

Another move in Armour section 8 fight

Oct 22nd, 2014 – by 0
By Joe Lambe After a legal filing last week accused the city of racism, an apparent compromise on section 8 apartments on Armour Boulevard appeared on today’s docket for a city council committee. But a substitute will be introduced instead ...

Racism alleged in Armour apartment fight

Oct 17th, 2014 – by 2
A battle over Section 8 apartments and crime on Armour Boulevard escalated this week when a federal court action alleged city officials tried to force poor black residents out of the Hyde Park area. The federal fair housing complaint was filed ...

City and Bainbridge owners reach understanding

Aug 28th, 2014 – by 0
Social blight, a controversial new approach to forcing change at three Armour Boulevard apartment buildings, is now off the table. The city and Eagle Point Cos., redeveloper and manager of the buildings, have instead agreed to handle crime ...

Armour blight study discussion tabled

Apr 11th, 2014 – by 1
The Board of the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority today tabled a proposed dismissal of a controversial social blight study. The measure will be taken up again at the board’s May 15 meeting, giving the PIEA and Bainbridge Apartment Building ...

Talks underway on Armour Blvd social blight

Apr 10th, 2014 – by 1
By Joe Lambe A unprecedented social blight study and designation for the Bainbridge apartments on Armour Boulevard is expected to be dropped tomorrow as negotiations continue, apartment managers said. The board of the Planned Industrial Expansion ...

Petition drive argues against “social blight” designation

Mar 18th, 2014 – by 0
Some Midtown residents have started a petition drive urging the City Plan Commission to reject designation of three Armour Boulevard properties as socially blighted. It’s the latest in a growing conversation about the Bainbridge, Georgian ...

“Social blight” fight put on hold

Jan 7th, 2014 – by 4
By Joe Lambe The City Plan Commission today granted a 30-day delay on considering the city’s first attempt to fight crime with a “social blight” designation. Three Armour Boulevard buildings redeveloped as low income housing have increased ...

A few Armour Boulevard rehabs increased crime, study says

Dec 24th, 2013 – by 2
By Joe Lambe Three Armour Boulevard properties redeveloped as lower income housing have increased crime so badly that the Armour corridor is socially blighted, according to a new report. It is the first time a social liability blight designation ...