California resident Stacey Frost knows North East . Now, through her think tank Urban Re:Vision, Frost is quietly making plans with the input of local residents and business owners on how to revitalize the grape-farming community.

It started with a 422-acre farm in the country. Then came a historic brick building in the heart of downtown.

A vacant lot where an apartment complex once stood until being destroyed by fire.

A 125-year-old commercial building across from Gibson Park that municipal officials once eyed for demolition was also in the mix, and so was its meeting with a bulldozer.

A vacant bank. An old schoolhouse refashioned into a home.

And five homes on the same shady block.

"Through Re:Vision, (Frost) is crafting a replicable model for community-centered revitalization, hon

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