Atlanta Daily World

Predict Butler St. Project
Will Be Show Place In City

Atlanta's top official of the Urban Renewal Department predicted Monday night that in the near future the Butler Street Project Section will be a show place for the city.

Col. Malcolm Jones, director of Urban Renewal for the City of Atlanta, made this prediction at a session in the second annual Urban Renewal Clinic Series, sponsored by the Empire Real Estate Board, held at Big Bethel AME Church, with J. H. Calhoun presiding.

Col. Jones said urban renewal is not simple, but a slow, complicated process, which requires time, patience, effort and ingenuity. He also noted that in recent months the entire atmosphere and climate of the urban renewal program has changed.

General statements concerning the purpose of the meeting were made by Chairman Calhoun and Q. V. Williamson, president of the Empire Real Estate Board, as the session got underway.

MILTON EXPLAINS WORK
OF LOCALITY COMMITTEE

As chairman of the Butler Street Project Locality Committee, L. D. Milton, told the interested citizens not to attach too much significance to the Locality Committee, pointing out that the boundaries had been agreed on and much of the planning been done before the committee was consulted.

He deplored the fact that no provision had been made for a large park or recreation area and then

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disclosed that his committee is concerned with re-development of residential housing in a section of the area and also the re-development of the Auburn Avenue business area.

R. G. Waller, relocation housing officer, of the City of Atlanta, made a brief statement advising displaced families to visit the Re-location Housing Office in the First Floor of the City Hall for free service in finding good standard housing.

Howell E. Grigsby, project liaison officer; and Earl H. Meng, director of Redevelopment, of the Atlanta Housing Authority, also participated in the discussion and joined with other panelists in answering questions from the floor.

Mr. Grigsby, since November has attended numerous meetings dealing with urban renewal, distributed a long list of some of the most frequently asked questions about the program with the answers.

Persons with further questions and problems are advised to visit the Project Liaison Office, located at 250 Auburn Avenue, N.E. Room 401 or call JAckson 2-5855.

T.M. Alexander, Sr. made a brief statement on proposals for re-developing the Auburn Avenue business section.