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Trenton group on mission to get accurate count of vacant and abandoned buildings in the city
Jenna Pizzi | June 24, 2014Unkempt and ugly homes virtually falling down on themselves appear on most every block in Trenton, but it has been five years since the last thorough tally of how many vacant and abandoned buildings mar the city’s streets.
The Trenton Neighborhood Restoration Campaign, funded through local nonprofit Isles Inc., has embarked on a project to go block by block throughout the city identifying the status of each lot to determine how many unused buildings are out there.
“This issue of abandoned properties, it effects everybody in Trenton,” said Iana Dikidjieva, the project manager, overseeing day-to-day operations and data collection.
“There is not one neighborhood in Trenton that’s spared.”
Dikidjieva said in 2008 and 2009 a coalition of civic associations around Trenton and Isles did a preliminary count of the number of vacant and abandoned properties in the city — tallying 3,340 vacant properties or buildings.
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