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...Hendrick Boulevard, the town's main street. There are only about six sturdy downtown buildings; most of the others are empty, or sagging so dangerously that pedestrians step out into the street to avoid them. There seems, in fact, no reason whatever for the continued existence of Wink-except for the surprising fact that the U.S. is forking out more than $1.000,000 to rebuild the town...
Three years ago. a desperate group of Wink's citizens determined to seek federal funds to keep the town alive. Driving to Fort Worth, they approached regional representatives of the Housing and Home Finance Agency about urban renewal funds. Government officials not only encouraged them, but also enthusiastically suggested that Wink could become a pilot project for rundown small towns across the U.S. The Wink businessmen returned home, passed zoning laws to comply with federal requirements, held the necessary referendum. Overjoyed at the prospect of reviving Wink with federal money, the town voted overwhelmingly (187-51) accept aid. Said...
...Worth a Thousand." Last month the Federal Government, true to its word, advanced $1,034,758 in urban renewal funds for Wink. Don McBee. 28. the town's ecstatic urban renewal director, promptly set about spending the money. McBee has mapped a 75-block area that includes practically all of Wink. In that space, 192 buildings will be torn down, ancient automobiles long rusting on vacant lots will be hauled away, tin shacks thrown up by the vanished oilfield riggers will be demolished. McBee has already bought eleven pieces of property, has options on 92 more. When the land...
Calm & Confident. Godfrey, now that he has his money, has no particular plans for spending it. But. apparently, other citizens of Wink do; of the first eleven property owners who sold to McBee, three are making plans to move away. For that reason the project that was supposed to have saved Wink may sound its eventual death knell. Says one merchant: "A lot of people would have moved out a long time ago. only they didn't have any way to get the money to go." Says Wink Bulletin Editor Melvin Dow: "I'm just afraid...
...least one person would surely be left to enjoy the malls, the trees and the new city hall. Wink's town character is an aging Negro known only as "Buffalo." Reaching for his wine bottle one morning last week, Buffalo was calm and confident about the onward march of urban renewal...