Historical December 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
It’s either feast or famine. Two years ago there was little or no redevelopment being done in the Nina Place area. Today there are two not-for-profit corporations operating there, both were created late last spring. One is the Nina-McPhersonKingsbury Redevelopment Corporation (NMKRC) whose board of directors was selected by the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, and the other is the Nina Place Redevelopment Corporation (NPRC) whose board was drawn largely from the Nina Place Block Association.
According to Skip Coburn, executive director of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, the NMKRC is drafting a plan for the Nina area.
When the plan is completed, they will share it with the NPRC and with the community.
In the meantime the NPRC has been active.
They developed a loan program using funds provided by private investors and lending institutions, and they are offering property owners technical assistance with work write-ups, loan applications, and so on.
According to Doc Netterville, chairman of the board of the NPRC, “Our major accomplishment has been in settling the minds of property owners to the extent that they are not going to leave the area.
Most of the development planned for the area will take place, but it’s a matter of time.” Currently the two redevelopment corporations are working independently.
When asked about the possibility of working together, both Coburn and Netterville were agreeable. Coburn said he expects a lot of contact between the two groups when the NMKRC publishes its report. And Netterville thought the NPRC would be willing to work with anyone– provided certain issues of eminent domain (Missouri Statute 353), low income housing (section 8), and neighborhood participation could be resolved.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1980.
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