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Stephanie Wiechmann
When presented to the state, the McKinley Live learn Neighborhood initiative talked of cleaning up the neighborhood across from the city's high school by acquiring blighted riverfront properties and giving homeowners grants to repair their homes. Now, Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour says the Whitely neighborhood has been added. Whitely sits near the Muncie Area Career Center, where students go for vocational training classes.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ridenour says the project's final form adds intersection and street improvements at Walnut and Columbus, and improvements from Walnut to the Cardinal Greenway, four blocks away. Sidewalk work has been started on Elm Street, and the city says a traffic study of the area has been ordered. As for homeowner grants, the city says the application process is now being developed and will be announced later.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
The state grant money will fund the first phase of the project, but it comes with the caveat that private and local investment must be included. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.