Model Neighborhood Commission

              POSSIBLE HOUSING PROGRAM
Third Ward-Irwin Park
Rehabilitated single-family homes 120 units
Rehabilitated multi-family homes 120 units
New  construction  including  the  use  of  some
school property for housing 210 units
TOTAL 450 units
One way to strengthen a neighborhood is to increase opportunities for homeownership. New construction will be townhouses and garden apartments with a limited number of single family homes. It
is possible that attractively designed townhouses for sale will appeal not only to the present residents,
but to persons from the total community.
UPPER GREENVILLE
Upper Greenville is a residential neighborhood of public and private rental housing. The private
homes are often masonry duplexes on small lots on streets with no sidewalks, curbs, or gutters. Many
homes exhibit general neglect and lack of maintenance. A number are presently vacant. Yard space
is limited, with yards used for parking and the streets used for playgrounds. A conservation program
is needed to improve the neighborhood and stop its decline.
ENVIRONMENT
With the exception of the North-South Freeway along its western boundary, Upper Greenville is
free of the external problems common to the other sections of the Model Neighborhood. Major traffic
streets skirt the neighborhood. Non residential uses do not intrude into it. However, there are basic
environmental deficiencies which must be corrected as a part of any conservation program. Public improvements such as street work, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks are needed in additional to residential
improvements.
FACILITIES
Double Oaks School, Oaklawn Park and Double Oaks Park, north of the Model Neighborhood boundary, serve Upper Greenville. Play space for older youngsters is adequate, but private and public play
space for young children is limited. The acquisition, clearing, and development of vacant lots for mini-
parks is recommended to meet this need. These parks in addition to meeting the need would also demonstrate tangible municipal commitment to a neighborhood that has been neglected. In addition, the
creek between Double Oaks School and Double Oaks Homes should be cleaned and beautified for passive
recreational use. Funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been approved
to assist the City in providing this open space.
A satellite of the proposed Greenville center is recommended for Upper Greenville to serve both this
neighborhood and the Double Oaks community. But this satellite should not be established until after
the initial three centers have been constructed and their programs evaluated.
HOUSING
A conservation program will require municipal-residential-property owner cooperation. One means
to achieve this would be to formalize the program under the direction of a policy board composed of
neighborhood residents, and representatives from the Model Neighborhood Commission, the property
owners, the property managers, and the Building Inspection Department. This program should qualify
for federal assistance as either a modified concentrated code enforcement program or as a demonstra-
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