Listen: How Fort Worth Plans To Invest In Underserved Neighborhoods Through New Pilot Program

Arlington TX

27 April, 2022

5:41 PM

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By Seth Bodine, Fort Worth Report April 25, 2022 In the latest installment of our occasional conversations with Fort Worth newsmakers, Martha Collins, a revitalization coordinator with the City of Fort Worth, discusses how the city is joining the Main Street America pilot program, which aims to help bolster communities that have been disinvested over time. Fort Worth Local Development Corporation is funding the $650,000 pilot project from money it made from property it sold on Blue Mound Road. The city holds and manages industrial property that is donated to the City through the Fort Worth Land Development Corporation. Fort Worth Local Development Corporation has a $110,000 contract for three years with the Main Street America program. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.