tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post6363889250279027837..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: Here's your East Main Street Improvement Project website.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-11806653882953216872013-06-01T13:21:18.695-04:002013-06-01T13:21:18.695-04:00Just an FYI: Beginning to refer to the SEJ/East Sp...Just an FYI: Beginning to refer to the SEJ/East Spring areas jointly as Midtown had no impact on the distribution of NSP funds. <br /><br />The project area and grant application included both SEJ/ES areas from the beginning. It's basically census tract 704 except Main Street, owing to a lack of foreclosures and vacant properties on Main at the time. Likewise, a very small portion of census tract 705 between Fairview Cemetery on the north and Spring Street on the south was included due to some obvious property needs. <br /><br />Elm, Spring, and Market are all in the NSP area. <br /><br />A PDF map of the NSP area is here: http://www.cityofnewalbany.com/images/nsp_area_map.pdf <br /><br />An interactive Indiana census tract map is here: http://www.stats.indiana.edu/maptools/c2010/tracts.asp<br /><br />The continual confusion over SEJ/ES monikers was one of the reasons some of us sought a more unified identity.<br />Jeff Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644227936579446535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-16679623089121035022013-06-01T13:01:07.102-04:002013-06-01T13:01:07.102-04:00Sorry - a correction:
The streets you mention as...Sorry - a correction: <br /><br />The streets you mention as being in real need of two-way traffic calming (Elm and Spring) are within the NSP grant area as defined by the "Midtown" boundaries.w&lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509182078338347951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-44404125778527408512013-06-01T12:59:43.970-04:002013-06-01T12:59:43.970-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.w&lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509182078338347951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-83965180960866371952013-06-01T10:48:45.431-04:002013-06-01T10:48:45.431-04:00Many have forgotten that the "S. Ellen Jones ...Many have forgotten that the "S. Ellen Jones Neighborhood" didn't receive the full 6.7 million dollars - the NSP grant area was renamed "Midtown" and was much larger than the "S. Ellen Jones" neighborhood.<br /><br />Wasn't the 6.7 million actually spread over an area that runs from 5th Street on the west to Vincennes on the east, and from Jackson Street on the north to Market on the south?<br /><br />Wasn't the NSP Grant was written to address the "S. Ellen Jones" neighborhood, using those specific census tracts as evidence of need? <br /><br />I seem to remember the area was renamed after the grant was awarded. That may have allowed the federal grant to be spent in a much larger area, not concentrated within the former "S. Ellen Jones" neighborhood.<br /><br />The streets you mention as being in real need of two-way traffic calming (Elm and Spring) are within the NSP grant area.w&lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509182078338347951noreply@blogger.com