Lerner Shop at 118 Main to be demolished

[civil42806]

A city has the authority to require a building owner to shore up a structure so that it is safe.

Maybe instead of issuing emergency tear down orders, they should issue emergency shore-up orders.

Well just because the city orders something doesn't mean its actually going to happen.  Much easier to ensure a negative than demand a positive. 

[Lunican]

True, but we aren't here to talk about what's easy.

[thelakelander]

Doing what is easy has gotten us to where we are today.







and then we have the nerve to wonder why a significant portion of residents have no desire to visit downtown.

[stephendare]

Lake,

Not only do we have the nerve, but we will then go ahead an spend 300k a year to dress it up in expensive marketing and convince everyone that the lipstick made the pig fabulous.

Then still have the nerve to wonder why no one will bother coming downtown.

[TREE4309]

OK, so who wants to get together and save a building?  Let's identify an at-risk building downtown that is priced "affordably", utilize our collective contacts and resources, purchase and renovate said building and either use it or sell it.  If sold, profits could be used to do the same thing again at a new building.  Think about the impact the PR campaign could have...encouraging other individuals/groups to do the same thing and speed the process of downtown's revival.  I'm sure the media would eat this kind of thing up which could certainly raise awareness and motivate positive change.