This person decided to purchase and work on a dilapidated building. This person went and got a permit. After the person almost completely renovated the building, someone came through and told him he had the wrong type of permit. Made him close shop, stop repairs, and his building was condemned.
Next, a group had lofty goals and found a dilapidated building and the city gave them the building free of charge!! The group had a year to work on the building to bring it up to code or the building could be taken back. The building has been in rehabiliation since 2003 or 2004 and the building has not be condemned. And the building has not been taken back from the group.
How could this happen?
Just to set the facts straight, the Rialto was not given to the The Reclamation Project free of charge by the City. In fact, the City had nothing to do with the purchase, so I'm not sure where you got that information. TRP obtained a mortgage and purchased the Rialto from a private owner.
ReplyDeleteTRP did later apply for a Community Development Block Grant, and all of the money awarded to them was used to purchase a new roof for the structure, which was completed late summer of 2006.
I'm happy to discuss any questions you might have about TRP, especially if you need to check facts before posting. I can be reached via e-mail at
jeff@thereclamationproject.org
Jeff Jacobson
Please read: http://dowdellresearch.blogspot.com/search?q=Rialto
ReplyDeletemy email is dowdells@comcast.net
Who is the mortgage with? And when did your organization get this mortgage?
When did you begin working on the Rialto?
Thanks