Already, they say, their move has had a positive effect on the neighborhood.

"Someone has to be sold on the neighborhood first before they make the investment."

White flight eventually took its hold on the neighborhood throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

"We don't feel our families are going to be a burden on the neighborhood."

Every now and then I pay a visit to get an update on the neighborhood.

She said the new homes already are taking a toll on the neighborhood.

There should be little effect on surrounding neighborhoods, he said.

He quickly set his sights on the old neighborhood and the young men who had grown up there.

The blight of hard times was on all the neighborhood.

He said efforts would be made to limit the building's impact on the surrounding neighborhood.