In the year since you helped produce this story, there have been lots of follow up stories by the mainstream media focusing on Santa Barbara Plaza, aka Marlton Square, the 20-acres of half empty stores waiting for the city's redevelopment plans to come to fruition.
Recently Councilman Bernard Parks announced that the demoliton would begin and the senior housing would be completed. That's one big step closer to a new development.
The blighted property was a big issue in the rescent election. The LA Times wrote two stories on Marlton square. And it was the second most popular story of 2010 on LeimertParkBeat.com. Nearly 1,300 people have watched the video.
To read the original story, click here - http://www.leimertparkbeat.com/profiles/blogs/redevelopment-hell-how-a-prime-1
Posted by Eddie North-Hager on 08/02/11
