These are the addresses of properties to be demolished as outlined during Wednesday’s meeting of the Inner-City Residential Enterprise Zone. The residences have been deemed unsafe by code enforcement officers in Hopkinsville’s oldest neighborhoods
- 100 Liberty St.
- 104B Avalon Blvd.
- 112 Grandview Drive
- 112 Liberty St.
- 116 N. O’Neal Ave.
- 117 N. Elm St.
- 139 N. O’Neal Ave.
- 149 Mechanic St.
- 202 S. Clay St.
- 202 S. O’Neal Ave.
- 214 W. 15th St.
- 329 Fairview Drive
- 402 Braden St.
- 513 Stewart St.
- 710 Bradshaw St.
- 715 Hope St.
- 810 E. 12th St.
- 813 E. 19th St.
- 822 Gant St.
- 909 E. Second St.
- 945 Hayes St.
- 1013 Younglove St.
- 1030 E. Fourth St.
- 1121 E. Second St.
- 1201 Broad St.
- 1203 Broad St.
- 1205 Broad St.
- 1500 E. First St.
- 1509 Walnut St.
- 1805 Woodmill Road
- 1902 Woodmill Road
- 2126 S. Virginia St.
- 2202 Princeton Road
- 2214 Canton St.
- 2807 Nelson Drive
The ICREZ board plans to re-allocate $98,780 from its current balance of $273,170 to help pay for a large number of demolition contracts. Also, $100,000 from the agency’s recent $400,000 allocation from city council would be put into the demolition budget.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
