After years

of neglect, Fulton Industrial Boulevard may soon see home help in crime

prevention and beautification.

In a press

conference Tuesday at Brown Field, Fulton County Commission Chairman Mike

Kenn announced a five-year plan to clean up the street.

The announcement

follows on the heels of a recent clean-up sweep headed by County Commissioner

William "Bill" Edwards in which several businesses were cited

for code violations.

After complaints

of petty crimes, prostitution and loitering along Fulton Industrial Boulevard,

county police will open a new satellite office at Fulton County Airport-Brown

Field, in hopes of reclaiming the corridor, said Lisa Glanville, Kenn's

liaison for South Fulton County.

"This

is something the chairman has been aware of for months. It started out

as a conversation between Kenn and businessman George Hill," she

said.

Other components

of the project include a plan to provide reserve officers with Federal

Aviation Administration radios to patrol Brown Field's ramps and runways,

and a plan to help crack down on crime in the area.

The mini-precinct

will be staffed with 32 officers that Fulton County is calling out of

reserve and retirement.

The county

also has plans for tax breaks and having code enforcement officers cracking

down on some of the violations by businesses on the boulevard.

The boulevard

also will be cleaned up of trash, and the state Department of Transportation

will be notified to keep the area free of trash, said Kenn's spokesman.

Glanville said

the cost of the program for the first 18 months is pegged at nearly $700,000,

but the funds will come from other areas in the government, so taxpayers

will not be looking at in increase to pay for the program.

"We are

losing business to Cobb and Douglas counties because they have newer facilities

and keep them in better shape," she said.