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Date Posted: 12:20:43 12/11/10 Sat
Author: Archie Tecture
Subject: Re: My Heart Will Go On....
In reply to: Archie Tecture 's message, "Re: My Heart Will Go On...." on 11:48:01 12/11/10 Sat

Better environments draw better people. Better people take pride in where they live and tend to participate in maintaining their environment. It becomes more personal to them. Property owners don't have to monitor their property as often.

But property owners must be responsible for their property. Codes must be enforced. If not, stiff penalties. Building inspectors (who cannot be paid off) are needed. This creates local jobs. Salaries can be offset by collected fines from offenders. This gives the inspectors the incentive to do their job. From bad roof to rotting porches and poor plumbing, it all matters. Repairs made using qualified, legitimate LOCAL contractors could make for eligible rebates or subsidies. This creates more jobs in local contracting business and keeps the cash at home. If owners opt for out of town contractors they carry full financial responsibility for repairs and an additional cost for local code enforcement oversight.

Newburgh boasts the largest "Historical District". Then be "Historical". Architecture must keep in the period of the history Newburgh uses as its fame. Our old houses had charm and beauty. That needs to be returned and maintained. Washington didn't pour concrete over aluminum studs to build his headquarters. Look at City Hall and the armory and the NSB, Columbus Trust buildings. Remember the Palatine Hotel. The old houses on Landers, Chambers, Liberty and the Heights. Class, charm, beauty, stability, comfort, a place to call "home". That needs to return.

Empty lots need to be cleaned up. They're in those neighborhoods that have been mentioned where quality of life issues have been addressed. So make the empty lots desireable. Use local resources to clean them up. Dept. of Sanitation and local youth, church and civic groups. Give school kids extra credits for civic involvement. Make it attractive to them to participate in city improvements. Those kids are Newburgh's future. In the past the kids left as soon as they could. Newburgh offered no reason to stay.

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