City of Knox Blight Elimination Program Resumed

420 Maple Street

When the Knox City Council met earlier this week, Mayor Dennis Estok alerted members that the blight elimination program is back on track.

He said he recently completed the appropriate paperwork to resume the program. Two houses were included in the approved structures in the last grant that was received by the city.

Mayor Estok said contractors first started working on an eyesore at 420 Maple Street. According to the mayor, the structure previously had a fire and had been up for about a year and half.

After the Maple Street house came down, a structure that has been vacant for many years at 322 Spruce Drive was next on the list to be eliminated.

322 Spruce

Additionally, Estok stated that another structure on Pearl Street was allowed to be added to the blight elimination list. However, he said due to the paperwork and process involved, that one probably won’t come down until sometime next year.