Sitolo ya eBike imawonjezera chitukuko pa Elm Avenue

A Howard adakumana ndi a Timothy Holtkamp, ​​mlangizi ku McLennan Community College's Small Business Development Center. Iwo adagwirizana pa bizinesi, ndipo Howard adayamba kufunafuna adilesi yoyenera.

"Ndidamva kuti Elm Street ikubwera ndipo ikubwera, ndipo (wogulitsa nyumba) Holt Kelly adandiwonetsa nyumba yomwe ndidakhazikikapo," a Howard adatero.

Eni nyumbayo adalandila ndalama kuchokera kubungwe la TIF atapereka dongosolo lokonzanso lomwe limaphatikizapo kuwononga pang'ono, kusintha kwa façade kuphatikiza mawindo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito magetsi, kuyatsa panja, malo otayira zinyalala, awnings ndi mapulani ndi zomangamanga.

Kunena zochepa, nyumbayo sinali bwino. Ogwira ntchito anakumana ndi denga lomwe linagwa, ndipo nyumbayo inayenera kukhazikika mkati. Billings adalandilidwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuti athe kulandira thandizo la TIF.

Billings adati ntchitoyi idasinthanso pomwe mzindawo udakonza bwalo la 700 la Elm Avenue, ngakhale zotsatira zake zinali "zabwino kudikirira."

Pafupi, ntchito ikupitilizabe kupanga plaza ndi "msewu wachikondwerero" m'mbali pang'ono mwa Bridge Street pafupi ndi Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Ntchito yomanga ikuyenda bwino kapena ikupita kumahotela awiri atsopano komanso nyumba yayikulu pafupi ndi Bridge Street, Elm Avenue ndi MLK Boulevard.