Opinion: ‘Community TIF’ plan has been inclusive
Jeffrey T. Higgs
Jeffrey T. Higgs is executive director of the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp., founded in 1989.
The formation of the Soulsville USA Neighborhoods Development District was not an overnight creation but was and is, a culmination of years of hard work, planning and community engagement at the grassroots level.
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