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Dec 5, 2007 4:58 pm US/Central

Dallas Redevelopment Forcing Out Some Businesses

Reporting
Steve Pickett
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ―

As Dallas continues redevelopment and growth in the inner city, some longtime businesses say they are being pushed aside and forced out of business.

Ross Avenue had two dozen auto-related shops on one strip.  They all must shut down, including at least one family operation.

The signs that advertise Woodard Auto Repair have as much history as the Ross Avenue street the business sits on. 

 

Allen Woodard continues the legacy his grandfather built.  But something else is being built on ross and its forcing woodard and others out.  The city council has approved a rezoning of this part of Ross Avenue to make way for more residential development.  Any type of auto business must move.

 

The city defended the change as an appropriate transition for an area that leads into downtown. Allen Woodard wants to stay and continue what his grandfather started.  But at the moment, he has to move out.

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