New Blog – 5-7-26
Author: Stepheny Forgue Houghtlin
Stepheny Forgue Houghtlin grew up in Evanston, IL. and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. She is an author of two novels: The Greening of a Heart and Facing East. She lives, writes and gardens in NC. Visit her: Stephenyhoughtlin.com
When Local Ownership Fails Main Street: Part 3 203 SE Main Street
My first instinct, standing on the sidewalk, camera in hand, is not generous. It is the Queen of Hearts rising up in me: “Off with their heads!” as Lewis Carroll once wrote. How does this happen? Looking at the glass on this beautiful brick sidewalk, I ask, how does someone own a building on Main Street, part … Continue reading When Local Ownership Fails Main Street: Part 3 203 SE Main Street
New Blog Post 5-5-26 – When Ownership Fails Main Street, Part #3
In Part #3 I finish up writing about absentee owners, both long distance and local and what they can do. I hope you will take time to read more about the cost to the city and what can be done. My position!
Part 2: When Ownership Fails Main Street
Earlier this week, I wrote about absentee owners and what distance can cost a downtown. But there is another form of neglect, closer to home, and harder to excuse. When local ownership is at fault, all 5 foot 2 inches, or a little less, of me rises up in indignation on behalf of the commercial … Continue reading Part 2: When Ownership Fails Main Street
Part 1: When Ownership Fails Main Street
There are buildings on Main Street that are not failing because time defeated them. They are failing because ownership did. Let us begin with what absentee ownership is costing Rocky Mount, NC. These owners are not walking the street. They are not seeing the peeling paint, or the water beginning its work along a parapet … Continue reading Part 1: When Ownership Fails Main Street
Take Time – Read The New Blog on 4-28-26 When Ownership Fails Main Street- Part 1
