[Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...

Fri Mar 4 21:16:48 EST 2011

I am not interested in "checking into it." I have other focuses presently.

If you think you vinegar will attract more flies than will honey, please
continue down that path.

I must now respectfully bow out of the discussion.  As I mentioned, I have
many other focuses presently.

Respectfully,

Ken Gasch
REALTOR®/Broker
Seagroves Realty
www.KenGasch.com
C: 919.475.8866
F: 866.229.4267

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Barry Ragin <bragin at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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