Her New Deal for Roosevelt Avenue

By QNS Editorial Posted on March 21, 2013

City Council Member Julissa Ferreras told the 110th Precinct Community Council about her seven-point plan to improve Roosevelt Avenue during the group’s meeting on Monday night, Mar. 18, at Flanders Field VFW Post 150 in Corona. The initiative includes better sanitation-Ferreras said garbage is now collected 14 times a week along the avenue. Her plan also calls for improved lighting and public safety measures, as well as updated zoning that would allow business owners to make the structural upgrades they need and ensure “the proper tax base for Corona,” she said.

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