Ward 10

Councilman Roosevelt Coats has been working tirelessly since 1987 moving Ward 10 progress in a positive direction.  He concerns himself with economic development, providing affordable housing for residents and monitoring the education opportunities provided through our school system.

Councilman Coats took on the demolition and clean-up of the Fisher Body Coit Road site, which had 47 acres of condemned building and contaminated soil, in the early 1990’s.  After a multi-million dollar demolition and environmental clean-up, the Councilman secured a U.S. Department of Labor commitment to build a Job Corp College Campus on 22 acres of the land, scheduled to open in late 2007....more