Fight Albany Blight initiative making headway

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December 26, 2016

Albany Police Department Chief Michael Persley said that the city’s multi-agency fight against blight has not abated since its kickoff event but is ongoing. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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With more blighted buildings being demolished and more agencies joining in the battle, Albany’s Fight Albany Blight initiative is picking up steam.

Workers completed the razing and removal of a downtown eyesore last week, the former Biobuzz business on North Slappey Boulevard that had been badly damaged in a recent fire. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany-Dougherty Planning Services Director Paul Forgey said the city’s fight against blight is a long-term battle whose results will come about gradually. (File Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Abandoned homes such as this one in south Albany are breeding grounds for blight and criminal activity, Albany law enforcement officials say. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany City Attorney Nathan Davis said the abatement process through which dilapidated housing is removed is making its way through the judicial system at a faster pace in recent months. (File Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Substandard housing is one of Albany’s major problems as the city works to eradicate the blight that has become a growing plague on the city. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Fight Albany Blight initiative making headway

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