And exactly where would she have moved? Do you have an estimate of what it would take to relocate a salvage yard? If anyone thinks that she "stuck it out" inthe city due to some sort of civic pride - I think that's misplaced.
That is probably the exact reason why she doesn't want to relocate as well. Hey, she could of just abondoned her property when things got bad, like what you see happen in North St. Louis. But she didn't do that.
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Would you want to have a place of business in an area where you have to defend you lot from thieves with a gun. I know I wouldn't.
Would you want to have a place of business in an area where you have to defend you lot from thieves with a gun. I know I wouldn't.
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I'm waiting for you to address the question: Where would she have gone? Did she really make a 'choice' to 'stick it out'? What were her options? Did she have other business ventures to explore, but found it 'admirable' to keep the salvage yard? I'll stop now because your 'admiration' baffles me.
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Where do the property owners in North St. Louis go when they abandone property? Hell if I know. I'm sure this woman could of done just that. Instead she stayed and protected her property and pays the city property tax.
We can just agree to disagree on this one.
We can just agree to disagree on this one.
I wonder if emminant domain might actually be in her best interest. If she sells on her own terms, I think she'd be liable for the contaminated soil clean up, which would be horribly expensive (same reason that a lot of old gas stations sit abandoned, rather than sold). Now if she is FORCED to sell, would she still be responsible for the cleanup? I can't imagine anything new being built on that parcel of land without a pretty extensive de-contamination first.
Either way, it sounds like it will be an expensive parking lot to me.
Either way, it sounds like it will be an expensive parking lot to me.
Calling a junkyard operator 'admirable' for sticking it out in the city is a bit of a stretch. She didn't stick anything out. It's a junkyard. You don't see junkyards in subdivisions in West County. They are usually in poor urban areas, and up until the last few years, that land was essentially worthless. She was sitting on the cheap land, turning the largest profit possible.
Now, she's trying to rake this developer over the coals in order to sell her land for a huge profit, at which point, she'd move her business to another poor urban area and utilze the cheap land again.
And I actually read the article and was surprised by how balanced it came across. I didn't read it as David v. Goliath. I read it as an article about eminent domain. And it didn't force either viewpoint down your throat.
Now, she's trying to rake this developer over the coals in order to sell her land for a huge profit, at which point, she'd move her business to another poor urban area and utilze the cheap land again.
And I actually read the article and was surprised by how balanced it came across. I didn't read it as David v. Goliath. I read it as an article about eminent domain. And it didn't force either viewpoint down your throat.
Forcing a private property owner to sell to another private property owner is just plain wrong.
Framer wrote:Forcing a private property owner to sell to another private property owner is just plain wrong.
So a junk yard is a better revenue stream and use for the land for the city than a mixed use retail/commericial/residental devlopment?
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That's not what he said.dweebe wrote:So a junk yard is a better revenue stream and use for the land for the city than a mixed use retail/commericial/residental devlopment?
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From the Mayor:
Development Update
The City’s TIF Commission is considering a new development planned for the Ice House District. The $5.1 million project at South Broadway and LaSalle will involve the rehabilitation of the historic #6 building as a new office and event space for Catering Plus!, a minority-owned business now located in Richmond Heights, and as warehouse space expected to be occupied by an environmental firm with offices in the District. Matt Librach, President of MBL Properties, is the managing member of the developer.
Catering Plus!, owned and operated by Bryan Young, has been in business since May 1995, producing “international-style food using fresh high quality products with seasonal ingredients," and is certainly one of my favorite caterers. The company is expected to create a minimum of 20 jobs with the move to the new and expanded location. With the expansion, the company will be able to increase its outside catering business, and also be able to host events in its own venue.
I look forward to a ground-breaking announcement – and to tasting Bryan’s food in his own space.
^Good news. Bryan Young's a great guy, very supportive of local arts groups. And his food and service is always top notch! Good to see them coming to the city.
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Anecdotal business growth count (for the last 24hrs in this thread):
St. Louis City, 1
Richmond Heights, 0
GO STLC!
St. Louis City, 1
Richmond Heights, 0
GO STLC!
City versus Nuns?????
From the StL PD 12/30/2006:
St. Louis' redevelopment agency sued a convent, a saint, a nun and an elderly woman in a wheelchair who has a 999-year lease on Friday, seeking to use eminent domain to condemn a property in the Ice House District north of Soulard.
City officials hope the area will be a hip entertainment district one day, but first they have to remove stubborn landowners and tenants.
<A HREF="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument">>>> read more</A>
From the StL PD 12/30/2006:
St. Louis' redevelopment agency sued a convent, a saint, a nun and an elderly woman in a wheelchair who has a 999-year lease on Friday, seeking to use eminent domain to condemn a property in the Ice House District north of Soulard.
City officials hope the area will be a hip entertainment district one day, but first they have to remove stubborn landowners and tenants.
<A HREF="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument">>>> read more</A>
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Jambo wrote:City versus Nuns?????
Well, it's nuns who have been dead for 200 years! So who cares?
I'm suprised the church doesn't take the offer. They have a lot of legal fees to pay off these days.
Man Central. Did you take a double helping of H2SO4 this morning? 
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bsharmastl wrote:Man Central. Did you take a double helping of H2SO4 this morning?
Nope, I'm this way everyday.
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