LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – After decades of waiting for help from the government, the people of Windsor Park are one step closer to finally getting new homes.
Wednesday night, the North Las Vegas Planning Commission approved plans to build an entirely new replacement community and expedite the process waiving fees and cutting other red tape. The North Las Vegas City Council will have the final vote, but if approved, the developer promised to break ground within 60 days.
“Our houses are falling apart… in my house the ceiling and the walls are detaching… we need this to work because we can’t live like this,” Windsor Park resident and Nevada National Guardsmen Eli Valdez shared. Valdez lives in constant fear of his house collapsing.
“There is a lot to say about what is going on in our neighborhood. We keep getting denied new houses,” Valdez contended.
The neighborhood has been slowly sinking after groundwater was sucked out from underneath decades ago.
Edward G. Wilbert, who moved to Windsor Park in 1971, has seen so many neighbors move out of the historically Black neighborhood in past efforts to relocate people. Then their homes were knocked down. Wilbert is now optimistic he will soon be able to move out and into a new home.
“It’s been a long time waiting,” Wilbert shared. The proposed “New Windsor Park” will be located at Carey Avenue and West Street on about 18 acres of vacant land. The developer, former Raiders Frank Hawkins, wants to build 93 single story homes.
“I was actually raised in Windsor Park and moved out in high school, but I know the suffering… we just can’t wait to get under construction. We got to follow the processes, but if we could get started today, we would,” explained Hawkins, the Executive Director of Community Development Program Center of Nevada.
“This is something that is going to change people’s lives because you deserve it and its necessary,” stated Marissa Guymon a member of the North Las Vegas Planning Commission before the motion passed moving the project forward. Pending final city approval, Hawkins is now making a big promise to finally get the job done.
“We’ll be done as quickly as we can, before December of 26’ and they’ll be able to move in for Christmas,” Hawkins promised.
Millions of dollars in funding is tied to tight deadlines. Two years ago, state lawmakers approved $37 million to build the new homes but earlier this month lawmakers failed to approve extensions. The first deadline for $12 million: September 19th. The second deadline when $25 from the federal government expires if the homes aren’t built: December 2026.
The developer says those who live in Windsor Park will not be forced to move, it would be a choice. Most do plan to leave. Their current homes will be torn down and a park created. Those who do decide to stay would have the park built around them.
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