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Next wave of federal funding in Flint to focus on Hurley neighborhood
ublished: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 8:00 PM Updated: Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:17 PM
By Kristin Longley | Flint Journal

FLINT, Michigan — One out of every three houses sits vacant and lifeless in the Hurley hospital neighborhood — recently dubbed one of the emptiest in the entire country.

Now, the city and Hurley Medical Center are hoping to use Flint’s third wave of federal grant dollars to transform this neighborhood into a vibrant living space.

The goal is to build a community where employees can live and walk to work and residents can have neighbors — instead of vacant, blighted houses.

“There’s only three of us,” Flint resident Roger Husocki said of the occupied homes on Stone Street near Hurley. “I always have to chase out the drunks and drug users.”

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