VOL. IV 0.52 DECE BER 1 -7,1982
Sen Tri-County South
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prove ain.
John n Town; an re of tlanta
covering ven ere of land ith 41
P reel of pr perty and 39 famili w
heduled to b leveled for a par ing
lot.
Re id nt t property a d
t an aver e of 6,000 e ch and the
pe pi ere doomed to remo al in the
n m of on el t progre .
n ent rpri ing youn BI man
turned that around. Today, thank to
T J x nder, the former re 'dents
of John n To n forced a rea ssment
of their land from 30 cent squ re
12 u re foot. Relo ation
co 4 ()()() to 15 000 for
renter and homeowner was in many
c gr ater than the original a
ment of their property.
Itt exander flv ye IS, bu t in
that time h b to ther the prop-
erty 0 ner into a coh . e group to
form the John nto n Community
De lopment Corporation - the com-
pany that repre nted the land 0 ners in
the sal of their prop rty - and the J.T.
Holdin ompany - the develop r of the
land.
Th sale pri e of the property a
6 million and there is a future return of
2.5 million. That is a far cry from the
aggreg te sale pric f 0,000 originally
offered by th purcha r the regional
transit authority.
"The land as apprai d individu-
al hom ho ever, and not as an a m­
blage tra t for commercial development,
Ale ander told Bl ck Enterpri .
, y feeling as that time and time
am poor people and Bla s were being
reI ated withou t adequate compen tion
in order to m e ay for meone el 's
project. I th ught maybe thi time me­
thing ould be done ab u t it' AI ander
e plained.
hether that sam dream an b -
me reality in Benton H rbor remain
to ben.
C mmunity Devel pment Dire tor
for the city, Bill Lilly expre doubt .
rth of ain is a long range develop­
men 'Lilly told The itizen. 'Th re i
no. immediate buyer for the land. Th
people migght not any thin happen
for ye rs, '
In addition .th politic of Atlanta
provided the right tmosphere a condi­
tion th t does not e i t in Benton Har-
bor me ob rvers belie e.
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BULK RATE
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PAID
B ton Harbor,
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tate a epts the city Enter-
pri Zon appli ation a bmitted only
1 in 5 minority busine ill benefit.
According to the boundary line
approved by the ci rnmi i n t it
re ular nday ni ht meet in , th re are
three zon reas:
-the F deral Z n
per nal in me t bre
tain busine and indu trial t
-th State outer z ne
r sidents a bre on th ir in me t es;
-the tate inner z ne hich offer
busine and indu try t relief.
nder the ity plan, all of the it
e ept the irp rt nd the Fruit ar et
are in luded in the federal z nee -
The st te r identi 1 z n
25
z n here t 0
pp alin t m 1I busin
able i limited t rea b unded
roughly b Pa Pa
Highland and ar et
th St. Jo ph River n the
P W Pa Riv r n the n rth.
In that inn r zone ther
. min rity busine and five
heduled for reI ati
of ain plan.
There are at least minorit
firms hi h ill not receive the tate
ta bre if nterpri Z ne le islation
i dopted.
I better hec
anything" re ponded ayor ilc
to thi paper. Coo e and the entire c
rni ion e cept Juanita chol t
b nt voted for the boundarie .
Robert J a k n hairrnan of th- ity
Enterprise Zone mmittee utlined
me of the t break omin to busi-
n s in the inner zone.
There i a 50 percent Sing]
e emption available, and amp] t
e emption for minority 0 n d firm
Ja k on said. He 1 n ted th t th
fir t 3 000 of a1
ed on pre nt rate
the b
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ti n of th
nd y night ti n
�t th t h d not
ned
the Alreco and
Fr n lin refu
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