By Alexis Bechman | Payson RoundUp
How do you turn a liability into an asset?
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While downtown Phoenix has been undergoing significant economic development in recent years, the blighted area once mostly featured crack houses, deteriorating bungalows and little else.
Transforming Roosevelt Row from an eyesore to a defining art center, however, did not occur overnight.