New artist colony to open in West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The City of West Palm Beach has turned to local artists to help turn around a neighborhood long at the center of urban blight.

The Community Redevelopment Association said it expected to have eight apartments in the Pleasant City neighborhood renovated by January.

Artists would be able to rent the apartments — in the area known as Lot 23 — for a discounted rent in exchange for community service.

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