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People in Lincoln Park are fed up with an entire block's worth of properties that have been vacant for years.
“I wanna see businesses here," said Barry Pollard with the Urban Collaborative Project.
Pollard was born and raised in Lincoln Park. He recalls a time when the area of Imperial and Euclid was thriving, but says much of that luster went away after several of the main businesses there shut down.
"Businesses started to leave here and it never really garnered developer attention and I'm absolutely sure it's got all to do with where this is because it's been vacant for years and this whole area has been redlined for years," said Pollard.
What used to be an auto shop, market and restaurant are now dilapidated structures covered in graffiti and surrounded by trash.
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