The Lake Placid Community Redevelopment Agency that meets Wednesday evening will be different from past CRAs.
The Lake Placid Town Council in June agreed to add two new members to the CRA board, which before that vote consisted of four council members and Mayor John Holbrook. The two new members – Frank Hartzell, owner of Hartzell’s Grocery Market, and Ken LeBlanc, owner of X-Urban Construction that developed Journal Plaza – will bring a business voice to the CRA deliberations.
The CRA’s present mission, according to the Lake Placid town website, is to eliminate and prevent conditions of slum and blight by funding eligible infrastructure projects such as new sidewalks and sidewalk improvements; roadwork including repaving and new roads; traffic calming; stormwater improvements; street lighting and other street improvement.
Read more here