Joe Hudins, president of the Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce, in the organization's monthly newsletter

At this writing, we are especially pleased to comment on action that has been started by our City Commission on slum clearance. If there is any one thing our Chamber should get behind, it is certainly this project. The condition of our colored area has been our Number One eyesore for some time, but it has been brought to the attention of many of us recently with the opening of the new Sunshine State Parkway which has routed traffic through the heart of this area, a first view of our city through discolored lens.

None of us quite appreciate, though, all the many problems involved in clearing up a situation like this, and we know it takes courage on the part of elected officials to take on this problem. I feel certain that the problem will now be licked and we can look forward to a happier, healthier situation in the future. We hope that our members will get behind this project and we wish to take this opportunity to offer the services of the Chamber to further expedite this move.

The Sea Bean, September, 1957.