Removing blighted property benefits a neighborhood and community in several ways. It improves community safety by eliminating abandoned or deteriorating structures that may attract crime or pose hazards. The most recent property the City of Alexandria completed as part of its “Fight the Blight” project was 119 Cottage Street.

“Fight the Blight” is part of the city’s efforts to to provide a quality of life for its citizens through a constant flow of projects aimed at improving infrastructure, fixing roads and bridges, updating its buildings and services, adding and maintaining recreational fields and facilities, improving safety personnel, equipment and training as well as many other programs and projects.