Beaumont Housing Authority Planning and Development Director Cleveland Como explains the HOPE VI program and plan to students.  On the left is Executive Director Robert Reyna, on the right is HOPE VI Coordinator Andre Lewis, AIA.

Students review potential site plans for the new development.  Pictured from left to right are Juton Horstman, Eric Thompson, Shalanski White, Nicole Adair, Stephen Gage, Lauren Tarpley and Ben Swanson.

Planning and Development Director Cleveland Como points out features of the proposed site plan as student visit the new site.  Pictured from left to right are Justin Silhavy, June Martin, Michelle Audenart, Cleveland Como, Jacob Browning, Jill Atkinson, Abhijeet Saboo, Cecilia Giusti, Matt Hilgemeier, Ben Swanson and Luis Estevez.

Businesses in the neighborhood surrounding the HOPE VI sites are badly in need of  physical upgrading and economic revitalizatio