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          [Begins Historic Downtown Redevelopment Project]
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          THE FUTURE IS REPLACING SOME HISTORY ON MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          THE OLD CITY HALL ANNEX AND FINANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ARE BEING DEMOLISHED AS PART OF THE PLAN TO REDEVELOP SEVERAL PROPERTIES NEAR CITY HALL. 
          THE CONCEPT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL INCLUDES NEW HOUSING, RETAIL, AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INTENDED TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REPURPOSE THE OLD AX AND FINANCE BUILDINGS. 
          EVERYBODY LOVES SAVING HISTORY, BUT I AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF COMING UP WITH A VISION FOR THIS THAT COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT REMOVING THEM. 
          IN ADDITION, THEY ARE SO OLD, THEY HAVE ASBESTOS IN THEM. 
          THE COST OF RECONSTRUCTION OR REMODELING, IT WAS JUST PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL. 
          THE NEXT PHASE OF DEMOLITION WILL REMOVE THE OLD CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDINGS AND THE SONNET, WHICH IS RELOCATING SEVERAL BLOCKS TO THE WEST OF THIS, WILL SAY THE PROJECT WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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