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Joaquin Cintron Vega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dawn Scotland<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lucas Metropolitan Housing unveiled their Junction \u2013 McClinton Nunn Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Draft Transformation Plan Wednesday, July 20, via Facebook livestream.\u00a0The plan calls for a \u201cthorough and dramatic change\u201d in the Junction Area. The draft has been submitted to HUD with the final proposal due in December.<\/p>\n

Kattie Bond, senior vice president of Operations and Community Development of Lucas Metropolitan Housing facilitated the meeting. The proposal is a partnership with LMH, the City of Toledo, Junction Coalition and community partners.<\/p>\n

The Junction Neighborhood is defined as \u201c[being] bounded by Dorr Street on the north, I-75 and Anthony Wayne Trail on the east, and the Norfolk & Southern Railway on the south and west.\u201d This area is noted by the plan for decades of disinvestment, lack of commerce and lack of upward mobility for residents. The plan calls \u201cto transform the Junction Neighborhood into a neighborhood of choice.\u201d (source:www.junctionchoice.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fifty-four participants attended the zoom call to present the plan that has undergone one and a half years of planning. President of LMH Joaquin Cintron Vega remarked that [the plan]: \u201crepresents the collective vision of this community and a blueprint for action.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project team for the Transformation Plan include: Kattie Bond, Joaquin Cintron Vega, Rosalyn Clemens of the City of Toledo, Charlie Hogan, Bill James, Tiffanie McNair of the City of Toledo, Kathleen Reigstad, Alicia Smith, Monica Smith and Matthew Sutter<\/p>\n

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Katie Bond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The steering committee includes:\u00a0 Heather Baker, Jay Black of Pathway, Shantae Brownlee of Lucas County Land Bank, Malcolm Cunningham, Kim Cutcher of LISC, Elizabeth Ellis, Katina Gaston, Eunice Glover, State Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson, Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Laura Koprowski of TARTA, Doni Miller of NHA, Tracee Perryman of Center of Hope Family Services, Alicia Smith of the Junction Coalition, Robert Smith of AALP, Kate Sommerfeld of ProMedica, Pastor Calvin Sweeney and Veronica Wilkes<\/p>\n

William James, principal with Camiros, Ltd. and Katie Reistad, project planner of Camiros, Ltd. \u201ca full-service planning, zoning, and urban design consultancy based in Chicago, IL\u00a0(source www.camiros.com<\/a>) presented the plan via Zoom Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The \u201cbig picture\u201d is for the area to be a “a successful 21st Century Urban Neighborhood” by:<\/p>\n