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Budget Inn resident to move as Gastonia buys motel for district plan
Grace Daniel, 77, has lived 21 years at the Budget Inn in Gastonia where rooms rent for 45 dollars nightly, but city authorities will take the property after purchasing it for 1.2 million dollars in 2016 to create the Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment District. Police logged 648 calls there from 2017 to 2018, including 27 for assault and 33 for drugs, while owner Jay Patel criticizes the move as legacy displacement.
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Grace Daniel
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Budget Inn
Gastonia
Locke Bell
Jay Patel
Franklin
West Franklin Boulevard
Mike Hensdill
THE
Gaston Gazette