Monday, June 13, 2011

Jamestown: a progressive city to be proud of



WOW!! A bustling farmers market on Third Street, the Prendergast Library Book Sale, The on-going Literary Trail, the Soap Box Derby and Northside PRIDE’s Summer Block Party. The palpable energy of this week’s activities goes to show that Jamestown is a progressive city to be proud of.
As one of the organizers of the Northside Pride’s Block Party, I was overwhelmed with the community support and neighborhood camaraderie. Such an impressive turnout showed me that people in our community share a common goal: to make Jamestown a healthy, safe, and enjoyable place to live. I wish to thank Mayor Teresi and Councilmen, Paul Whitford and Tony Dolce for coming out to support the Block Party. I was particularly impressed with the organizational contributions that helped make this event a great success. A big THANK YOU goes to Janet Forbes and Kerry Mihalko of the Jamestown Garden Group and The Creating Healthy Places Program for forging a great partnership and for conducting an educational-planting-demo. A special thanks goes to Peter Lombardi of Jamestown Renaissance Center, to CHRIC, NeighborWorks and Youthbuild, especially to Larry Kestner, who constructed the garden boxes and to Cindy Rocky who helped secure the funding for the event. A very heartfelt thank you goes to Julie and Matt Harper of Four Season’s Nursery for providing soil and vegetable plants, to Jamestown Awning for providing the tent and to Tom Harris of H&H metal for providing the grill, and to all those behind-the-scenes for their hard work with the set-up, including Anne and Paul Leone, Ken and Theresa Sohmer, Larry Pace and The Ruth and Don Baker family.
-Kurt Carlson-
PRIDE of Jamestown, INC.P.O.Box 781Jamestown, New York 14702E-mail: northsidepride33@yahoo.comhttp://northsideprideofjamestownnewyork.blogspot.com

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Coming Attractions

Three Acquisitions

In the last blog update we featured properties that are scheduled for demolition-homes that will no longer be a blight on our neighborhood. In this blog update we're going to focus on rehabilitation. Both of the single-family homes that are featured below have been acquired by county agencies (in conjunction with PRIDE) and will undergo extensive rehabilitation in the coming year.

The Lincoln Street Property-already in reasonable condition-has been obtained by Chautauqua Opportunities Inc. This redo will feature a remodeled kitchen and bath plus interior and exterior cosmetic changes. PRIDE is looking forward to its completion, when it will go on the market to be sold to an eligible first-time home buyer.

8th Street Youth Build House (CHRIC)
Currently in progress, CHRIC is doing an amazing job restoring this old Arts and Crafts home.

Grant Street: Restored and SOLD!!! This property required serious rehabilitation. Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation. CHRIC has transformed this home-both inside and out. CHRIC has done extensive renovations to the exterior, which included installing a new roof, beefing up the foundation and installing new, state of the art siding. CHRIC likes to say that they "take the worst house on the block and transform it into the best." Northside PRIDE is very appreciative of this partnership and is happy that this old Dutch-colonial home found a homeowner who is proud to live on the Northside.

Acquisition #2

Acquisition #2
404 Lincoln