Changing for the Better; East Hills Makeover Goes to the Extreme

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"The way it was up here, (people) felt like there was no hope-like they was trapped," said Michael Lynch, an East Hills resident. "The houses were messed up--now they're getting fixed. [Residents] see that something's moving."

"It's rebuilding the people," said Elder Milton Raiford of Petra Ministries. "When you build a person, what that means is they will keep the place nice. That way, you don't just throw money at a problem. You can put up drywall and all that, but if you don't deal with the person it won't last. It will look the same way as before after a while."

"Coming up here in 2000, it was like the wild, wild, west," said [Claudia Wells]. "There were bullets everywhere, there were gangs, a lot of drug activity. But the community came together. We did a "Heal Our Land Resurrection Walk" May 6, 2001 and claimed the community back to God."

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Changing for the Better; East Hills Makeover Goes to the Extreme

Since the East Hills housing development was purchased in 2004 by Washington D.C.-based Telesis Corporation, like ABC's popular "Extreme Home Makeover" show, many residences in East Hills have been demolished and...

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