[Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...
Barry Ragin
bragin at nc.rr.com
Fri Mar 4 21:10:18 EST 2011
Ken - you may want to check into who has purchased the three houses i
mentioned, and how many other vacant properties this particular entity
currently owns in town, as well as learning what their plans are for
many of them.
It will be enlightening, i assure you.
I can say, with complete confidence, that not every property owner in
Durham has the best interests of the community in mind.
Barry Ragin
On 3/4/11 8:48 PM, Ken Gasch wrote:
> Let them eat cake?
>
> This brings me to another point. While well meaning, the city's policy
> of giving properties to non-profits hurts and area's ability to pull
> itself up by its boot straps.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Melissa's yahoo <mmr121570 at yahoo.com
> <mailto:mmr121570 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>> I think that DPS, ROTC, or other after school programs should
>> lease these spaces (at a much reduced rate, which should be
>> possible since the investors aren't making any money off them
>> when they are vacant, and have truly small class sizes, as the
>> charters are tooted for having, or they should be given for use
>> (free of charge) to nonprofit groups -- boy scouts and girl
>> scouts troops could use places to meet like these, and they could
>> fix them up as part of their badge projects....eagle scout
>> anyone? Right now my daughter's violin group is paying to use
>> church space...wouldn't it be nice if they could pay to use one
>> of these vacant buildings instead...
>
> Melissa
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Ken Gasch <Ken at KenGasch.com
> <mailto:Ken at KenGasch.com>> wrote:
>
>> Boarded up windows scream: "Hello squatter, please consider
>> prying a board loose on my back side and coming on in. As you can
>> see by my boarded up windows, I am empty and nobody will bother
>> you for weeks at a time." Artwork will do the same thing.
>>
>> Boarding up homes is a bad policy.
>>
>> Homes should be lived in.
>>
>> I have had to keep squatters out of houses scores of times.
>>
>> For starters, go in a few times and throw all their belongings
>> out. That usually keeps them from coming back.
>>
>> Empower the neighbors to watch the house for you. I have one
>> project where a neighbor ran off some would-be looters/squatters
>> with a 12-gage, double barrel shotgun.
>>
>> Get temporary power on and play music and keep a light on or two.
>> Put lights on timers.
>>
>> Sign a trespass agreement with the police and post "no
>> trespassing" signs. My sign is not big and neon orange. My sign
>> is very small. It does not scream: "empty house." It is in
>> 12-point type and says: "No Trespassing. Durham Police
>> Department, Pursuant to NC General Statute 14-153.13 (1),
>> I hereby authorize any officer of the Durham Police Department to
>> arrest and remove any intruder found upon these premises. I will
>> testify in court as to my power to delegate this authority.
>> Please do not hesitate to phone me at any time of day or night.
>> Thank you, Ken Gasch 919.475.8866."
>>
>> Do not board up houses!!!
>>
>> Ken Gasch
>> REALTOR®/Broker
>> Seagroves Realty
>> www.KenGasch.com <http://www.KenGasch.com>
>> C: 919.475.8866
>> F: 866.229.4267
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Barry Ragin <bragin at nc.rr.com
>> <mailto:bragin at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
>>
>> You know, for a city that's on everyone's list of the top ten
>> places to live in the US, we sure seem to have a lot of
>> vacant and abandoned houses in this town.
>>
>> I can't for the life of me understand why that should be.
>>
>> Barry Ragin
>>
>> On 3/3/11 4:30 PM, Melissa's yahoo wrote:
>>
>> Maybe Durham would consider hosting a contest where
>> artists paint a board to be permanently displayed in
>> windows that are broken/in disrepair. Durham could give a
>> small cash prize and/or display the winning board at City
>> Hall or something like that. It would be great publicity
>> for the many artists in Durham and the Triangle. If this
>> doesn't float, maybe we can make it a contest for schools
>> or school aged children and give the winner a $200
>> savings bond - this is what they did for the Durham
>> America Recycles Day contest this year. Or the winner's
>> school could get a raingarden installation or something
>> like that, which we want to see done anyway...
>>
>> Melissa
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 7:13 PM, "RW
>> Pickle"<randy at 27beverly.com <mailto:randy at 27beverly.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Since this is a current topic of a new committee,
>> those involved (as well
>> as anyone else interested) should view the recent
>> window treatment
>> (instead of plywood or other materials) used by NIS
>> on a house located on
>> Holloway Street. The house is located on the right in
>> the first block
>> (going out Holloway from downtown past the Public
>> Library) just past the
>> Dillard Street intersection. The house is white and I
>> believe it's the 3rd
>> or 4th on the right as you head out Holloway that
>> way. This is a window
>> treatment that offers security, yet looks like a
>> window. The house also
>> has fresh straw in the yard from reseeding (just to
>> help you locate it).
>> It has much better curb appeal than plywood and just
>> casually looking, it
>> looks like windows are in place.
>>
>> Randy Pickle
>>
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