Town Common & Urban Renewal

Greenville's Downtown neighborhood was a close-knit African American community with homes, businesses, and Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church, and descendants recall it as thriving, vibrant, and marked by a high quality of life. The Housing Act as amended in 1949 established new national goals for decent living environments and funded slum clearance, urban renewal projects, and national public housing programs. In December 1958, the City Council created the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Greenville, whose first task was the Shore Drive Redevelopment Project N. C. R-15 in February 1960, intended to revitalize Greenville's downtown area.

Greenville, North Carolina · United States