Drills are spinning, nails are being hammered in, and groundwork has officially begun on an affordable housing complex in Sugar Hill.

Mayor Regina Romero and the Housing and Community Development Team broke ground on Sugar Hill today.

Jack Anderson, President of the Sugar Hill Neighborhood Association, has lived in Sugar Hill for over 60 years.

He sees the need for change that this affordable housing project may bring.

"It's going to house some people, some families, that really need housing," Anderson said.

Sugar Hill on Stone is a 66-unit affordable housing project meant to serve a community, Mayor Romero says is historically overlooked.

"It was an abandoned property and right in the middle of our city. And this is the culmination of more than 20 years of work by the mayor and city

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