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hLmlan service needs, neighborhood organizational needs, and capacity-building must be <br />emphasized. <br />B. ACTIVITIES <br />The economic development and redevelopment activities in the Sample-Ewing <br />Development Area plan, as adopted by the Redevelopment Commission, will include: <br />1. Pre-development activities, including, but not limited to, engineering, <br />architectural, planning, program development, title, survey, appraisal, <br />legal, and environmental assessment and testing; <br />2. Acquisition of private and publicly-owned real estate; <br />3. Relocation of individuals, households and businesses; <br />4. Clearance of stnictures and other improvements; vacation of some streets <br />and other public right-of--way; <br />5. Assemblage of development sites; <br />6. Rehabilitation of industrial, commercial and residential structures; <br />7. Disposition of assembled cleared sites, rehabilitated stnichires, and other <br />properties; <br />8. Puhlic works improvements and infrastn~cture, including, but not limited <br />to, streets, water, sewer and other utilities, lighting, traffic controls, <br />landscaping, park, open space and recreational facilities. <br />A series of activities that are not directly related to the physical <br />redevelopment of the Sample-Ewing Area will be critical to the community's long <br />term success in the area. These activities will not be undertaken or funded by the <br />Redevelopment Commission. These activities will be undertaken by other private <br />and public agencies and be funded from a variety of federal and local sources, <br />including the HOME Program, the Community Development Block Grant <br />Program, the Civil City budget and the Community Homebuyers Corporation, <br />among others. Activities funded from these sources will include: <br />a. Ho~ising rehabilitation assistance for homeowners, first time <br />homebuyers, and landlords. <br />b. Housing assistance, including counseling for home ownership and <br />technical and training assistance through the REWARD Program <br />and the neighborhood partnership centers. <br />c. Small business assistance through the Urban Enterprise Zone <br />Program, the Neighborhood Business Development Corporation, <br />and the Corporation for Entrepreneurial Development this <br />assistance can include direct financial assistance in the form of gap <br />financing loans. <br />d. Additional business assistance, in terms of larger loans, will be <br />available on a case-by-case basis through the Business <br />Development Corporation and the Industrial Revolving Loan Fund. <br />BllDB01 47~6224v4 D-1 S <br />