TRANSFORM THE AREA. HERE AT THE RIVER RGEID COMMERCE PARK BUSINESS IS BOOMING. AND THATS I FUELED A LOT OF GROWTH IN CLARK COUNTY WHICH MEANS MOR AEND MORE OF A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CITY OF CHARLESTOWN AND A LOCAL DEVELOPER HAVE COME UPIT WH A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT NEED WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THIS PROJECT AND LOOK AT IT WHEN IT’S COMPLETED. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL IT FROM ANY OTHER MARKET RATE HOUSING PROCTJE HERE IN TOWN THIS VACANT LOT IN CHARLESTOWN. COULD SOON BE TRANSFORMED TO HAVE FIVE BUILDINGS ON IT WITH 180 AFFORDAEBL UNITS DEVELOPER. JAKE BROWN SAYS THEY’LL BE RERVSEED FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE 80% OR LESSF O CLARK COUNTY’S MEDIAN INCOME. THERE’S PLENTY OF PARKING. THERE WILL BE A CLUBHSEOU WITH LOTS OF AMENIESTI WORKOUT ROOMS LIBRARY COMPUTER LABS CHILDREN’S AREA AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BADLY NEEDED IN CHARLESTOWN. DAN ELSEWHERE IN CLARK COUNTY ACCORDINGO T THE NON-PROFIT PROSPERITY, INDIANA 72% OF CLARK COUNTY’S LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS SPEND HALF OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. NOT EVERYBODY NDSEE A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEUL MTIFAMILY IS IS MUCH NEEDED IN THIS AREA. MAYOR TREVA HODGES SAYS THE RIVER RIDGE COMMERCE PARK IS BRINGING NEW RESIDENTS TO CHARLESTOWN BACK LAST YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WE THEY HAD A SESSION WHERE YOU GOT TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPERS OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND IN. INTO RESTAURANTS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES AND COMMERCIASPL ACES HOUSING WAS ONE OFHOSE T TOP NEEDS NOT JUST SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING HOUSING ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND AT THIS FUTURE APARTMENT COMPLEX EMPLOYERS FROM RIVER RIDGE WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO HOLD JOB FAIRS YOU CAN HAVE UP TO YOU KNOW, 300 PLUS ADULTS HERE. POTENTIALLY THAT COULD FILL JOBS OVERN I THE PARK. AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE THEY’LL BE DOWN HERE QUITE REGULARLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES. YES, BROWN HOPES. THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE.