It received small grants from two nonprofit foundations interested in community redevelopment.

The city of Philadelphia, which had been under Republican control in the 1940s, shifted in the 1950s toward reform Democrats, whose policies included community redevelopment.

"Returning this building to responsible local management will add to community redevelopment, a goal we share with the residents of Morris Heights," said Jerilyn Perine, the city's housing commissioner.

Business boomed, and with $425 million in annual sales and upwards of $65 million in annual payroll, Malden Mills became the mainstay of the local economy and an anchor of community redevelopment.

"The old aristocracy is really gone," said Ms. Griego, who has served on boards as varied as hospitals, community redevelopment, the local community college system and the city's cultural affairs office.

These buildings are the seeds for community redevelopment.

While the importance of community involvement in policing was recognised, the Scarman report pointed to "community redevelopment and planning" as the main area of concern.

Since its official opening, THEARC has served thousands of residents of the surrounding Southeast DC Community and has spurred community redevelopment.

"Although community redevelopment is an important municipal power, that authority is not unfettered," Chief Justice James R. Zazzali wrote in the court's opinion.

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