Post by oldetowne on Jun 9, 2006 5:59:44 GMT -5
Leigh - Thanks for speaking on behalf of the "little people", i.e., all of the taxpayers who financially support the town's folly. I am sure the Redevelopment Agency was approved and I am sure that it will be filled with many of the same folks who are currently serving on the EDIC. (Aside - The EDIC members are appointed by the manager, not the Council. Why is that? To whom, if anyone, are they ultimately accountable?)
With that agency in place, mayor-in-waiting Andy Adil will be actively seeking to build a track record of success and accomplishment to bolster his 2007 re-election efforts.
Want to start a pool on what the likely targets will be for this effort to remove blighted properties?
* The gas station next to Three Sons/Suny's/Dunkin Donuts #20? Nope. Contaminated and too small. Odds are 1000-1
* The Professional Flooring Building a little further down the SDH? Too small. Odds are 500-1.
* The old brewery or whatever it was off Nott Street between the tracks and the brook? Contaminated, wet and private parties have active development plans. Odds are 250-1.
* The Fun Zone? You know, the place that was touted as the key to our revitalization 15 years ago? It's been an eyesore and a hazard for decades. Parades of potential buyers have gone through there without a squeak of interest. Odds are 3-2, especially if it can be combined with the leftover land next to the Puritan store.
* Frank Morris's farm? May be tough to get commercial development in that close to the houses and in the historic district. But the town has coveted that land for playing fields and other purposes for years. Odds are 5-1.
* The Meadows, a/k/a the Interchange Zone? Ninety acres of flat, vacant land, with obscenely excessive highway access immediately fronting on it, just crying out to be the legacy of this foresighted Council? It's been tried before and trounced in a referendum. But I am sure that our bond counsel and town attorney can slide that through as easily as they did the $1.5M+ artificial turf so that the voters don't get a chance to weigh in. Odds - 1-1.
I'd love to hear any opposing opinions.
With that agency in place, mayor-in-waiting Andy Adil will be actively seeking to build a track record of success and accomplishment to bolster his 2007 re-election efforts.
Want to start a pool on what the likely targets will be for this effort to remove blighted properties?
* The gas station next to Three Sons/Suny's/Dunkin Donuts #20? Nope. Contaminated and too small. Odds are 1000-1
* The Professional Flooring Building a little further down the SDH? Too small. Odds are 500-1.
* The old brewery or whatever it was off Nott Street between the tracks and the brook? Contaminated, wet and private parties have active development plans. Odds are 250-1.
* The Fun Zone? You know, the place that was touted as the key to our revitalization 15 years ago? It's been an eyesore and a hazard for decades. Parades of potential buyers have gone through there without a squeak of interest. Odds are 3-2, especially if it can be combined with the leftover land next to the Puritan store.
* Frank Morris's farm? May be tough to get commercial development in that close to the houses and in the historic district. But the town has coveted that land for playing fields and other purposes for years. Odds are 5-1.
* The Meadows, a/k/a the Interchange Zone? Ninety acres of flat, vacant land, with obscenely excessive highway access immediately fronting on it, just crying out to be the legacy of this foresighted Council? It's been tried before and trounced in a referendum. But I am sure that our bond counsel and town attorney can slide that through as easily as they did the $1.5M+ artificial turf so that the voters don't get a chance to weigh in. Odds - 1-1.
I'd love to hear any opposing opinions.