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Gainesville makes Atlanta Street a grant priority instead of Myrtle Terraces
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Atlanta Street What they’re trying to build: New public, affordable and market-rate units, which will be the final phase of the complex’s redevelopment plan. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The apartment units along Atlanta Street have been gutted and the entire public housing complex is now fenced off. Soon, the whole neighborhood will be demolished and new public, affordable and market-rate units will rise in its place. And with the city’s backing, the Gainesville Housing Authority is pursuing an additional $10 million in low-income housing tax credits through the state Department of Community Affairs to support construction of the third and final phase of the redevelopment.