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."