"The Ridge" needs a total facelift. The area is in between Main Avenue to 12th Avenue North, and University to I-29.

There are blighted/abandoned properties everywhere, potholed roads due to heavy truck traffic, goofy roads and intersections, barely controlled railroad crossings, and more.

Industrial properties which are no longer in use should either be redeveloped or razed.

Redevelop the neighborhood in conjunction with the widening of 7th Avenue North which I proposed in the Transportation and Infrastructure forum.