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INDIANAPOLIS — When Indiana's only Black Civil War regiment returned home, many of them put down their roots in Norwood . The Southeast Side neighborhood is now full of vacant lots, but a new proposal could be the key for reconstruction.City-County Council Proposal 322 would create a housing tax increment financing, or HoTIF, area in Norwood . The proposal was introduced during the council's meeting Monday.
Norwood is bordered by Prospect Street, Sherman Drive, and railroad tracks.Many Norwood residents are descendants of the Civil War veterans who founded the community. They tell WRTV they are optimistic about the possibility of progress in their neighborhood.'We feel like this has been long overdue,' said Will Malone, who has lived in Norwood for nearly his whole life. 'A lot of people don't even know about our history. We had our own school, our own post office, things like that.
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