No. 2348 designating boundary changes to AEDA to add SEDA, LaSalle Square and Marycrest/Hurwich

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high risk to private investment caused by the present environmental conditions. 12. Encourage a balanced transportation system within the area that provides for and accommodates various forms of transportation, including bus, automobile, rail, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. 13. Generate a variety of funding sources from all levels of government, the private sector (both individual and corporate) and philanthropic organizations. 14. Develop an overall strategy that contains several development options for each sub-area to reduce the risk of faihire. SAMPLE EW[NG AREA ACTIVITIES A. INTRODUCT[ON The major development strategies that will be pursued throughout the project area include an economic development and redevelopment, revitali~atiun, iiuproveizient and preservation approach as dictated by sub-area conditions and tends. The economic develo Ip went and redevelopment strategy is aimed at areas of major deterioration and decline. [his strategy will seek to improve an area through major acquisition, relocation, clearance, site assemblage, public works, and new development activities. The revitalization strategy is aimed at sub-areas that have suffered significant deterioration and decline, but still have both a physical and social foundation on which to build and revitalize the sub-area. Revitalization activities will include code enforcement, housing rehabilitation, small scale public works, organization-building and human, public and social service, crime and public safety programs. The improvement strategy and activities will be much like the revitalization strategy and activities. The major difference will be in the amount of public resources required in an area improvement areas will be less severely deteriorated and blighted than the revitalization areas. Finally, certain areas will be targets for a preservation strategy. These sub-areas will be, for the most part, stable areas that are adjacent to deteriorating or declining areas. Activities in the preservation areas will include spot code enforcement and rehab activities and minor public works. Protection through an aggressive enforcement of zoning will also be part of the strategy. In essence, the criteria determining whether revitalization, improvement, or preservation strategies will be brought to bear on a sub-area are twofold: one, the severity of the deterioration and decline in the target area; and, two, the concomitant amount and application of public resources, regulations and incentives required to meet the goals and objectives established for the area. "I~he lour strategies highlighted above focus heavily on the physical and economic redevelopment and revitalization of the Sample-Ewing Development Area. However, the importance of incorporating a broader, more comprehensive effort to focus on social and n~n~HO i 4~s~z~~a D-14