Anticipation . . .

At the meeting of the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners on Monday, Mary Decker, who is one of the tenant members of the board, reported some tenants were getting ready to start packing up in anticipation of moving out of Bliss Towers and worrying about how the move will carried out. Revonda Smith, who chairs the board, assured her, "It will be years before they need to do that."

Jeffrey Dodson, HHA executive director, elaborated on the status of things. Mountco was chosen as the development partner in April, and since then he has been meeting with Mountco every Wednesday. At present, they are still working on the memorandum of understanding. Dodson predicted that it would be three to five years before any new construction is completed.

Dodson also announced that on Friday, July 14, from noon to 4:00 p.m., there was to be a Tenants Appreciation Day, partially sponsored by Mountco, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Hudson Housing Authority and also, although Dodson didn't mention it, the 50th anniversary of Bliss Towers. The photograph below, found at PhotobyGibson.com, shows the building when it was newly completed in 1973.

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