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Evansville announces 50th blighted home demolished in 'Fight Blight' program

Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry leads a press conference with other city administrators late November 2024 at the 1300 block of Florence Street before a recently razed, blighted house. The city plans to raze 150 in 2025, three times the amount projected for 2024.
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Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry leads a press conference with other city administrators Wednesday afternoon at the 1300 block of Florence Street before a recently razed, blighted house. The city plans to raze 150 in 2025, three times the amount projected for 2024.

The city has allocated $500,000 this year to support demolitions; has plans for rehabilitations also

The goal is also to prepare150 blighted properties for demolitions in 2025. Mayor Stephanie Terry launched the Flight Blight program late last year.

“When our neighborhoods are safe, when they are stable, when they are vibrant, the same can be said about our city," she said at the launch news conference late November. "But it's no secret that we have neighborhoods in Evansville that don't meet that description, that there are neighborhoods we have left behind.”

Sixteen additional homes are contracted for demolition. These include homes in the Jacobsville, Knight and Bayard Park Neighborhoods.

While demolition is a priority, so is revitalizing vacant homes.

The next phase of the program is to acquire and rehabilitate eligible properties into "new housing and community assets."

More on the Fight Blight program here.