The Gazette posted about all the houses which need torn down in the city, extreme cost is associated with this as well as decreased neighborhood values and potential upswings in criminal activity. ...
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The Gazette posted about all the houses which need torn down in the city, extreme cost is associated with this as well as decreased neighborhood values and potential upswings in criminal activity. How could we go about re-writing the charter so that when a house becomes abandoned, no utilities to the home for a period of time, or that it is borded up but no permit for construction, basically being left to deteriorate, that the city forces a sell of the property... I look in the 1400/1500 blocks of Hazel street at the number of houses up for sell all thru Highland park. houses being boarded shut and that is how the houses that need torn down now began. people dont know what to do with the houses and dont realize the will be vandalized and deteoriate while vacant. we need to stop the process before it begins...
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Oct 14, 2014 by
Rocky Murray (5 points)
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The Gazette posted about all the houses which need torn down in the city, extreme cost is associated with this as well as decreased neighborhood values and potential upswings in criminal activity. How could we go about re-writing the charter so that when a house becomes abandoned, no utilities to the home for a period of time, or that it is borded up but no permit for construction, basically being left to deteriorate, that the city forces a sell of the property... I look in the 1400/1500 blocks of Hazel street at the number of houses up for sell all thru Highland park. houses being boarded shut and that is how the houses that need torn down now began. people dont know what to do with the houses and dont realize the will be vandalized and deteoriate while vacant. we need to stop the process before it begins...
Between I-30 and Wal-Mart on County Ave, there are many disabled and wheel chair users that travel that road on foot or wheel chair. I think for their safety and any automobile travelers, there...
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Between I-30 and Wal-Mart on County Ave, there are many disabled and wheel chair users that travel that road on foot or wheel chair. I think for their safety and any automobile travelers, there should be a sidewalk built at that location to accommodate the foot traffic. There is a big hill right in the middle of that area and so safe view of all pedestrians is impossible. Not only will this improve the safety of our neighbors, but promote a sense of pride among them and promote a clean neighborhood. You can drive up and down that road at any given hour and see lots of trash and sometimes entire left over paper goods that appears to be enough to support a meal that would feed a large family. I would like to hear other’s opinions about the neighborhood. Please help make our neighborhoods nice.
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Jan 19, 2018 by
Cherie Trowler (10 points)
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Between I-30 and Wal-Mart on County Ave, there are many disabled and wheel chair users that travel that road on foot or wheel chair. I think for their safety and any automobile travelers, there should be a sidewalk built at that location to accommodate the foot traffic. There is a big hill right in the middle of that area and so safe view of all pedestrians is impossible. Not only will this improve the safety of our neighbors, but promote a sense of pride among them and promote a clean neighborhood. You can drive up and down that road at any given hour and see lots of trash and sometimes entire left over paper goods that appears to be enough to support a meal that would feed a large family. I would like to hear other’s opinions about the neighborhood. Please help make our neighborhoods nice.
