By Alden Woods | Arizona Republic
Phoenix will receive a $30 million federal grant to drastically reshape a neighborhood just east of downtown, including demolishing and rebuilding three decrepit public-housing projects.
The city will use its Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant, given Thursday to five cities nationwide by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in and around the Edison-Eastlake neighborhood.
The community has long been seen as an island of poverty and urban decay.