Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:15 AM
By Emily Fontenot / American Press
An effort to revitalize north Lake Charles by recirculating adjudicated property saw mild but notable success over the past month — six north Lake Charles residential properties once repossessed by the state are now in the process of ownership as a result.
On Nov. 1, the Lake Charles North Redevelopment Authority put up 55 properties for sale via CivicSource, a New Orleans-based company that auctions off adjudicated property online. The authority partnered with CivicSource in hopes that the company’s one-stop-shop model would simplify — and significantly quicken — the arduous process of putting old property back on the market. READ MORE