The Wildwood Board of Commissioners, during their Sept. 25 meeting, unanimously passed a resolution directing the city’s Planning Board to conduct a study to determine whether or not the city, or any parts of it, meet the state’s criteria to be deemed an Area in Need of Rehabilitation. According to Commissioner Pete Byron, once the study is completed it will be forwarded to the state for its review for possible designation as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation. Byron said the study will be submitted to the state by the end of this year.
Once approved by the state, the designation of an area in need of rehabilitation will give the city an edge in applying for public funding in the form of grants or low interest loans for infrastructure improvements, housing rehabilitation, improvement to streets, sidewalks and curbs and streetscape improvements, among others.
