Batter Up---Play Ball!!

As with many things in our day to day lives, timing is everything and many times it sucks.

Case in point.

One of the homes on the city's demolition list (one which, by the way, the city invested something to the tune of $6K to put a roof on last year) has been acquired by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana for the purpose of not only saving it but selling it as a single family residence (as opposed to it becoming another slumlord cash cow).

This particular property is located at 1746 Ekin Avenue and has been determined to be in structerly sound condition. It basically just needs a serious face lift and some TLC.

The Landmarks folks took this action because they saw not only the potential for this property to be restored into a beautiful home but also to reinforce the concept that single family homeowners on the tax roles are much more productive to our neighborhoods than are transient renters.

Here is where we, the neighborhood groups come in. This coming Friday May 4th, we are asking for as many volunteers as possible to help clean out the contents of this house & outbuildings. Some of it is going into storage and a lot is going into a dumpster. Arrangements for both have been made and now live bodies are needed to make it happen.

As I said previously, the timing sucks, but the planners felt that Derby Day would be even worse and as I understand it, there is a limited time frame involved in acheiving the desired results.

So now is the time for as many of us that can to put our time & energy into what we've been talking about for a long time. Grab your gloves, broom, & cleaning supplies, and join in the fun at 9:30 AM! After all, these are our neighborhoods.

Thanks in advance for your help!