Twenty-three years later, this fire house building is fully expendable and will be demolished so that a non-local corporation can further its profitable aims, but what the hell; there was never any real chance that we might build a new firehouse on Daisy Lane AND turn the old one into a local-only indie green grocer, because THAT would not be in keeping with the garish, chain-choked Wesley Commons a block away, which should induce an unshakable urge to vomit upon sight of the Starbucks and Bob Evans signage.
Those with anything approximating principles hurl, the oblivious sheep keep grazing, and someone is having an orgasm over at One Southern Indiana HQ ... and it's probably Kerry Stemler.
Oh yes, and diligent redevelopment rep Dan Coffey wanna aw-dit ... not of the Bicentennial Commission, because the political protection racket now embraces Bob Caesar, but of the NSP project, and that's all well and good; maybe something will turn up about the 108K solution. Let's aw-dit everyone, except the one's under Cappuccino's friendly umbrella. When Cee-Saw's bill comes due, it's going to be a funny day, indeed.
Commission approves firehouse deal; Coffey calls for audit of NSP project, by Daniel Suddeath (N and T)
... Though the money Kroger will pay to purchase the Green Valley Road station won’t cover a new fire house, an appraiser said Tuesday during the meeting that the actual fire building is pretty much worthless to Kroger.
He said the property was appraised at $350,000, but that the station would likely have to be razed to make way for the expansion.
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You know anyone willing to pay $1.5 million for that property to put in an " local-only indie green grocer?" Or anything else, for that matter.
Has the Bicentennial Commission paid back the book loan it received from redevelopment? We still don't have anything resembling an accurate sales or profit and loss count, even though the book was initially publicly funded and pitched, like so many other non-disclosed BiC expenditures, as a fund-raiser for later, non-disclosed events and activities.
Strikes me as something a redevelopment commission member might want to consider and/or report as a steward of their money.
We're going to need those funds (and/or boxes of unsold books) to fill that expensive, dumb hole at Rent Boy Park.
Mark: No. It just reminds me of the extent to which the playing field is tilted. It's really a wonder indies stay alive in any form.
Roger,
I know. I just think this transaction is a no brainer. I'm not a real estate expert but IMO that land is only that valuable to Kroger.
I might dispute how much they want to spend on the new firehouse, though.
Jeff,
Very good point. I had forgotten that the money for the BI-books came from Redevelopment. I knew it came from the city, just not which entity.
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