Springfield razes Main St. building Rutland Herald | November 23, 2017 STAFF REPORT There’s plenty of debris to be trucked away from the site of the former Visiting Nurses building in Springfield. SUSAN SMALLHEER / STAFF PHOTO There’s plenty of debris to be trucked away from the site of the former Visiting Nurses building in Springfield. SUSAN SMALLHEER / STAFF PHOTO SPRINGFIELD — Demolition crews from Crown Point Excavation is finishing the demolition of the former Visiting Nurses building on Main Street this week, Town Manager Tom Yennerell said Monday. Work began last week on the job, which involved removing the historic but dilapidated structure which sits on the banks of the Black River. The town bought the building last year from Christopher Mason. Yennerell said Crown Point was the low bidder at $ 99,000 for the demolition of the building and the disposal of the debris. Crown Point will also fill in a large cellar hole left by the demolition. He said there was a tremendous amount of debris to be trucked away. The town hopes to eventually establish a small park on the grounds and provide a small amount of parking. Yennerell said there would be a small loop road around 1-3 Main St., coming out near the old Springfield Bakery building, which is also owned by the town. The town is looking for someone to redevelop the bakery building. Yennerell said that building is much more attractive now. “ You can see a great view of the river,” he said.
Throughout North America well managed communities are applauding the opening of new hotels, shopping centers, entertainment complexes, specialty restaurants, designer homes, aerospace manufacturing, biomedical labs, and transportation industry. All funded by private enterprise. Conversely, Springfield like other liberal bastions including Cleveland and Detroit, exude much fanfare at taxpayer funded demolition of an eyesore.
ReplyDeleteThere is a stark reason Springfield's blight continues to grow faster than it can be torn down. Yet it remains the 800 pound gorilla in the room our feckless select board and under achieving, liberal representatives refuse to publically acknowledge. The message is clear. Move and build your future elsewhere. As bad as it is here now, it is only getting worse.
Did it ever occur to you that springfield may not want those "enterprises ". Springfield may want affordable housing for the addicted instead. Hey we have a prison now we need some more "out houses"
ReplyDeleteSpringfield's blight isn't growing. Many enterprising homeowners like myself are buying these old homes, fixing them up, and living in them. The remaining "blight" is the direct result of lazy, corrupt real estate investors who buy derelict properties and let them rot, or worse, turn them into dive rental units. SOME of us actually live here, and DO give a damn about the quality of life here. Lately it's been improving. Those who don't see it need to adjust their perspective, and get out more often. There's still much work to be done, and simply griping about things isn't helping!
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