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What areas of Sidney should be defined as "blighted," and what areas should be removed from the blighted definition?

That is a question proposed to the Sidney City Council on Jan. 26.

Bobbi Pettit, Five Rule Rural Planning of Kearney, explained to the city council with City Manager David Scott how the city can have no more than 33 percent of the city defined as blighted.

Pettit said cities like Sidney need to consider when to designate an area blighted, and when to "de-blight" a neighborhood. A blighted designation helps the city in receiving grants for development.

The council also appro...