City Needs To Clean Up After Itself

Fort Lauderdale uncovers a surprising culprit contributing to blight.

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February 7, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"An aggressive city code sweep has snared a surprising culprit contributing to community blight: the city itself.

Midstream in a code crackdown targeting three poor, black neighborhoods, the city has racked up 59 code violation notices, making it the top single violator in the cleanup program."

Thanks to Clide Rockwell

FULL STORY: Fort Lauderdale tops list of code violators in crackdown

Friday, February 4, 2005 in Sun-Sentinel

Community / Economic Development Florida

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