Overview
- Crews began work Monday, Feb. 23, with demolitions underway and roughly 60 houses slated over the next two weeks.
- Targets span Downtown, Emerson, Glen Park, Midtown and the Westside.
- Mayor Eddie Melton says the blitz is part of a sustained effort to reduce roughly 7,000 abandoned structures citywide.
- A volunteer coalition led by Jim Wiseman of Rieth-Riley and including the Lake County Highway Department is performing the work.
- The city has assembled about $20 million from local, state and federal sources to address blight.