SPAR revolt?

[thelakelander]

I'm afraid of what the answer may be but does the mayor have an opinion?  How about Councilman Gaffney?

[Tacachale]

^Is that a serious question?

[sheclown]

Gaffney has checked out --


From the Mayor's town meeting:

Kim Fryer:

What are you going to do about the unecessary demolitions that are happening. It's got to stop. *crowd erupts in cheers".

Brown:

Yes, this is important but we need to also focus on safety. People who have bought into Springfield are next to broken down homes. They are worried about property values.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,18927.0.html

[Debbie Thompson]

And I say that broken down home was probably there when you moved in, it's an historic district, and you should have checked out the rules before you bought your house if you have issues with that.  At one time, your beautifully restored historic home was probably a broken down mess too.

[ChriswUfGator]

Gaffney has checked out --


From the Mayor's town meeting:

Kim Fryer:

What are you going to do about the unecessary demolitions that are happening. It's got to stop. *crowd erupts in cheers".

Brown:

Yes, this is important but we need to also focus on safety. People who have bought into Springfield are next to broken down homes. They are worried about property values.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,18927.0.html

Since when do property values equate to 'safety'? That makes less than no sense.

[Apache]

And I say that broken down home was probably there when you moved in, it's an historic district, and you should have checked out the rules before you bought your house if you have issues with that.  At one time, your beautifully restored historic home was probably a broken down mess too.

Thats the issue in my opinion. Both vacant lots and abandoned dilapidated homes are not good for the hood.

But the last home I would buy for my family would be one that has a house that has been abandoned for years anywhere near it, let alone next door. Vicious circle I suppose.

[danno]

And I say that broken down home was probably there when you moved in, it's an historic district, and you should have checked out the rules before you bought your house if you have issues with that.  At one time, your beautifully restored historic home was probably a broken down mess too.

Thats the issue in my opinion. Both vacant lots and abandoned dilapidated homes are not good for the hood.

But the last home I would buy for my family would be one that has a house that has been abandoned for years anywhere near it, let alone next door. Vicious circle I suppose.

I bought one of those homes on a whole block that was in the same state... Now that is not the case.

[iloveionia]

However a mothballed home, where blight is removed, and any safety issues have been addressed should not be an issue.  Less to mothball than to demolish, and the opportunity remains for rehab in addition to the density of a neighborhood stays in tact.

Code needs to mothball with their funds.

HPC needs to grow some.

We need Councilmembers who give even just one shit about preservation and Springfield.

Then the city needs to enact a program to sell these forgotten homes.  Allow folks who couldn't otherwise become homeowners and bring more families to the hood. And those families need to look around before they buy and know what Springfield is and is about.  It ain't perfect.

[Springfielder]

However a mothballed home, where blight is removed, and any safety issues have been addressed should not be an issue.  Less to mothball than to demolish, and the opportunity remains for rehab in addition to the density of a neighborhood stays in tact.

Code needs to mothball with their funds.

HPC needs to grow some.

We need Councilmembers who give even just one shit about preservation and Springfield.

Then the city needs to enact a program to sell these forgotten homes.  Allow folks who couldn't otherwise become homeowners and bring more families to the hood. And those families need to look around before they buy and know what Springfield is and is about.  It ain't perfect.

BINGO! However, the problem with that is...you want the city officials to use common sense and logic

[Debbie Thompson]

Apache, you missed my point entirely.  The neglected homes have so much potential.  The homes that have been restored, many of them, were at one time neglected.  Thank goodness for Springfield, those who rehabbed those homes didn't feel like you do.  Because many of them moved onto blocks that had more than one abandoned home, many of which have since been restored.