Job Corps in Flames

[Debbie Thompson]

The building is not owned by the government.  It was auctioned off several years ago. 

[johnnyroadglide]

The building is owned by the federal government. Very sad to see it burning.

Not anymore. It was sold to a company called 205 W THIRD ST LLC in 2007.
2275 Atlantic Bv, Neptune Beach.

[fsujax]

ooops my bad!

[sheclown]

I know we have a serial arsonist who is setting fires in Springfield. And this isn't the first.  

2003 or 2004?  Dusty was arrested and charged with a bunch of fires in Springfield.  Anyone remember the details?  How was she caught?

I believe she was setting them for money and b/c she enjoyed watching them burn.  

Perhaps we ought to look at this neighborhood's previous history with arsonists to try to help figure out what is going on here.  

[fsujax]

I agree Sheclown. I live near 3rd and Ionia and it is very disturbing.

[peestandingup]

Wow, weren't the residents trying to turn this building into a school?? This is pretty terrible. That building was amazing.

[thekillingwax]

If I remember correctly, she was setting the fires because SPAR and "all those white people" were scaring off her clientele, odd because she was white herself. I thought she was actually caught trying to set another fire and tried to run away from the scene but I could be wrong. I remember people talking at the time and that the feeling was that she was trying to either set fire to houses with spar signage or vacant ones nearby.

[movedsouth]

Not anymore. It was sold to a company called 205 W THIRD ST LLC in 2007.
2275 Atlantic Bv, Neptune Beach.

which is owned by "Mr. Blight" himself:
HIONIDES, CHRIS
2275 ATLANTIC BLVD SUITE 100
NEPTUNE BEACH FL 32266

[Bridges]

I wonder if anyone who lived around there caught anything on a CCTV that they might have had?  I know several houses have security cameras, maybe there are some that happen to catch a part of the building. 

[peestandingup]

I wonder if anyone who lived around there caught anything on a CCTV that they might have had?  I know several houses have security cameras, maybe there are some that happen to catch a part of the building. 

I personally think this needs to move right up to the fore of priorities for Springfield.  Between SPAR and Arson, there isnt going to be anything left.

If this keeps up, it would have been kinder to leave the neighborhood as a ghetto.  At least the buildings were kept standing.

I know a number of buildings have been burned on Ionia.  And there was the one that I remember on 8th.

Now the old Jewish Center.

Has a detective been assigned to the arsons or are they treating them as separate crimes?

Are they investigating this at all?

True. It seems like Springfield is sorta caught in the middle right now. All the big money left before it got a chance to really break through that final barrier. So now you still got a lot of the fabric that needs fixed, but a lot of the bad elements remain as well. All in a city who's leaders obviously don't care either way & would just assume to let it slip back into a full fledged ghetto that's half restored, half falling down/empty lots.

Something needs to be done.

[fsujax]

What Springfield needs is strong, cohesive leadership, there are too many factions within the neighborhood. Springfield needs to follow the RAP model.

[ChriswUfGator]

SheClown or Nicole.

Do we have a catalogue of photos of all the buildings that have been burned by arson?

Perhaps we could get a comparison of what they all have in common.

Perhaps common tenants, owners, property managers or contractors.

Well 3 or 4 of Craig Van Horn's all burned down 'accidentally' but now that he's run out of places to torch for insurance money (hypothetically of course), I suppose that threat is probably nullified.

[ChriswUfGator]

What Springfield needs is strong, cohesive leadership, there are too many factions within the neighborhood. Springfield needs to follow the RAP model.

There is exactly 1 too many factions in the neighborhood. It starts with "S" and ends with "PAR"...lol

[02roadking]

But seriously.  Do we have a listing of all the burned properties in the neighborhood?

Maybe JFRD has that kind of info.

[Jimmy]

Wow, that's some wild speculation.  Has anyone checked her attic for the Lindbergh baby?!