In an effort to reduce blight and eliminate potential hot spots for crime, Mayor Bing is committed to demolishing 3,000 dangerous, abandoned and dilapidated buildings this year. His goal is to demolish a total of 10,000 dangerous structures by the end of his term in December 2013.

He calls it the Residential Demolition Program. "The city has $40 million available for the demolition project. As a cost of $10,000 per house, that means 4,000 homes will be torn down." and "Federal funds, including roughly $14 million from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, are expected to cover the first two years of demolitions."

My question is this: Who or which entity is actually doing the demolition work? This program is funded in part by federal dollars and I'm interested if anyone knows who the demolition contract are going to. Is it a city department? Independent contractor?

Thanks for your replies on my first post in this wonderful forum!