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October 29, 1968 Page 2 We hope that you will be able to attend the meeting on November 12. A return address postal card is enclosed for your convenience in informing us whether you expect to attend. Sincerely,

.%,J.,.,,.;!~~"'-',,,___.Malcolm D. Jones

Housing . Coordinator MDJ/mc Encl: Return address postal card �elJt,... fla ·l a Jnurrml 2-A Thursday, October 24, 1968

96-Acre Community Center In Thomasville Section Planned By PHIL GARNER Bids for development of a 96-acre community in the Thomasville urban renewal area were opened by the Atlanta Housing Authority Thursday. A ,total of five bids to buy the by the ,housing authority until a land and . dr;velop it was re- winner has been chosen. ceived. Bids submitted: The winning prop osal will be • Pace Development Corp.;_ of chosen by out-of-to\vn ex-perts Atlanta, $8.6 million. C.i:> 'l who were chosen for experience Intedaith, Inc., of Atlanta, -and accomplishments related ~o $11.1 million. Interfalth, Inc., is housing clevelopm-ent. Then· an association of 19 Atlanta names will not b-e made public churches. &' l 3 u National Homes Corp., of J1aFayette, Ind., $8.7 million.6DD J . I. Kislak and Boise Cascade, both of Miami, a joint bid of $11.5 million. 7 "} 1j t.) Vector Co., Inc., and Merton Development Co., both of Atlanta, a joint bid of $11.6 million. '] l. '2. U WASHINGTON UPl - The fed- The proposals will be judged eral Water Pollution O:mtrol Acl- on architecture and developmini'S tra<t-ion has approved three men:t des ign ra-thcr than price. grants for Georgia totaling HOWARD OPEN'SHA W, di rec$409,650. .tor ·of urban renewal for lhe Eaitonton will get $132,000 for Aitlanta Housing Authority, told construct.ion of a waste wa ter bidders the new appro ach to treatment plant and interceptor 'housing development will emsewer. The ,total cost of the ph asize "an economic - social mix." project is $422,000. Thomson will receive $128,160 Atlanta is one of three U.S. cities receiving initial fed eral to help build a second ary sew- surrlus as a res ult of a age trea,tment plant, an inter- directive land from .Pres ident Johnceptor sewer aincl a pumping son last year that such land be , s,tation and force main. To la! diverted for use by the poor cost of the project is $427,200. whenever possible. The Clayton Co unty Water Au- The land consists of parcels thority will get $149,490 for con- BBl and CCI i:n th e Thomasv ille struction of an inite,rceptor urban renewal area. sewer, which will cost $462,000. The bid competition is for an entire community to includ e housing, education, recreation, commerce, streets and utilit:ies. Three Grou1ts 1-;elp Cities Cut PoU ution 1 Rally Plan ned For Ccmdidates A.t Briarlake A GOAL OF the development is to provide housing for a cross section of the social and economic groups of Atl anty A "meet-the-candidate" rally No fewer than 3,000 wuts of · for 15 subdivisions in the Briar- the housing must be developed cliff Elementa ry School area to assure its availabili ty to famihas been scheclule_d for Monday lies of the lowest in come group. at 7:30 p.m. · Sites for two primary schools The rally will be at the Briar- must be designated for use by lake Elementary School, Briar- the Atlanta Board of Education. Jake and LaVista Roads, Presi- A small retail commercial area dent William E. Perrett of the will be developed to serve resiPonderosa Civic Association dents of the surrounding com- . said. 1munities. The names of the jury memJ ames \~. Jim Whipkey of hers, their occupations and the WS~-TV will be maste r of cere- el ate on which they will meet are momes. bein g kept se cret by the housAmong those invited to attend in g auth ority to prevent presare E. Ea rl Pat ton Jr. a nd sure upon them, Mr. Opensha w Herman E. Talm:.clgc, U.S. Sen- sa id. a te can clicl atcs; Ben B. Black- The housing author ity, howburn and James ~l ackay, can- eve r, must make a fina l decision didales fo r U.S. representa tive ; base d on the jL!!fs r comm enand DeKa lb Coun ty legislative elation ,rilhin 60 cl ays , accord ing and commiss ion candidates. to Mr. Openshaw. · " . ·,, . ? I �