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Date Posted: 11:48:01 12/11/10 Sat
Author: Archie Tecture
Subject: Re: My Heart Will Go On....
In reply to: Deere John 's message, "Re: My Heart Will Go On...." on 14:22:34 12/09/10 Thu

Looking at Beacon, Fishkill, Hopewell, Cold Spring, Kingston, I see that the towns that made a comeback did it by restoring their Old World charm. They became attractive to people who are looking for a place they can call "home". Clean, safe streets, nice houses, front porches, little stores and markets, good quality of life. The things Newburgh used to have but demolished and never did anything to replace.

Newburgh offered some incentives to people who agreed to buy some old houses and restore them. But those houses are in the worst neighborhoods with the worst quality of life issues and nothing has been done to improve them. The streets are in disrepair making driving almost impossible. They're very dark at night. There's garbage all over the place. The crminal element has taken over and runs uncontrolled. It's impossible for law enforcement to travel through the area because of the condition of the streets so they can't get there quickly enough and that criminal element knows this and uses it to their advantage.

Infrastructure first. Use our local resources to repair and maintain the streets. Improve lighting. Make it so law enforcement can navigate freely. Using local resources keeps the money local, improves local business, creates local jobs. Step one.

Improve Quality Of Life. Homeowners need to be responsible for their property out tolthe edge of the sidewalk at least. Garbage needs to be contained properly or fines should be imposed. If the property owner fails to pay the fines add them to their property taxes with penalties and interest. If it's their tenants, let the owner add the fine to the rent. If the tenant fails to pay, goodbye. Undesireable tenants who create financial burdens to the landlord can be evicted on those grounds when the offense is repeated. Especially when the offense creates unsanitary conditions and poses a threat of vermin and health hazards to others.

Good streets, no garbage, better quality tenants and better residents means higher financial returns invested in property.

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