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Podcast: Spartanburg City News
Episode: City News Podcast: Blighted motel to be demolished to provide gateway to Northside
Description: At a workshop held after their most recent meeting, City Council voiced support for demolishing the Sunshine Inn, a blighted motel across from Wofford College, and a crucial piece of the Northside Initiative. On the heels of recent news of the Northside Development Corporation's nearly finalized purchase of the property for around $600,000, staff recommended to Council that the City allocate $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding toward demolishing the dilapidated motel. Once demolition is complete, the site will become a new gateway into Northside redevelopment area, with plans calling for Evins Street to be extended from Wofford College into the...