TAMPA, Fla. - Robles Park Village, a low-income housing community in Tampa , is set to be demolished starting September 15.

The 35-acre site, once home to about 400 families, will be redeveloped into nearly 2,000 mixed-income units. The $800 million project includes plans for a community hub with walking trails, a market, education and health resources.

There will also be a memorial and genealogy center to honor those buried at the historic Zion Cemetery, discovered beneath part of the property in 2019.

The backstory:

Robles Park Village opened in the 1950s as one of Tampa’s oldest public housing complexes. Many former residents recall it as both a place of struggle and opportunity.

Community activist and Zion Cemetery Advisory Committee Member Connie Burton said the neighborhood

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