By: Matt Dixon // August 27, 2009
PANAMA CITY — Developers of a proposed affordable housing apartment complex again are asking the city to relinquish its interest in a portion of a street that runs through the proposed site, according to letters obtained by The News Herald.
At its Aug. 11 meeting, the city commission voted not to vacate its interest in the portion of 10th Court that lies between Elm and Sherman avenues in Millville. That portion of the street intersects two plots of land where the Paces Foundation, a Georgia-based nonprofit group that “provides affordable housing and services,” is trying to build a 92-unit apartment complex.
Paces has secured a $12 million state grant and a $75,000 commitment from the city to help construct the complex.
If the city vacates its interest, the apartment could be built as one building across what is now 10th Court. If it does not, the complex will have to be built as two separate buildings with the street running between them.
The proposed vacation of 10th Court was met with fierce opposition from community members who said the multi-level housing could be a magnet for crime and attract an element they did not want in their community.
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