Residents encouraged Kannapolis City Council to use federal dollars to rehabilitate houses in the fragile Carver neighborhood, adjacent to downtown Kannapolis.  Council voted Monday to spend $53,000 left over in a residential improvement fund to bring at least one house in the Carver area, and possibly several, up to code.  "We want to revitalize the area and bring the houses up to standards," resident Angela Perkins said. "We want to give people a reason to want to move to the Carver area, not move away."

The Salisbury Post (03/23/10)

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