Officials Announce $350K for East Camden Revitalization

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On Friday, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and U.S.Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) announced the City of Camden and its Housing Authority have been awarded a $350,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to advance the city's efforts to transform the city's East Camden neighborhood.

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The grant will enable the Housing Authority of the City of Camden to come up with a plan to rebuild the public housing neighborhood of Ablett Village, a 75-year-old development of 306 units -- into a mixed-income community that fits in with the broader neighborhood. It will also focus on planning for alleviating flooding in the neighborhood, and restoring River Road to a vibrant commercial corridor.

"Everyone deserves an affordable, safe place to call home," said Norcross in a statement. "These funds will help change lives and transform neighborhoods in Camden, and I will always support efforts like this that improve our city. Camden is rising -- with more jobs, less crime and better educational opportunities -- and this grant is another step in our city's great revitalization."

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