(Click Photo to Enlarge) Preserving Main Street Needs Your Voice to Help
Too many Boarded up-Paint Peeling Buildings
Saving Buildings Like This
Let’s Fix All the Broken Glass
Safety Considerations
Vegetation Growing on Facades-This can be fixed.
2nd Story Broken Glass Along Main Street
Can you Image this facade ‘fixed’
Moisture and Black Mold Abides
Category Archives: Preservation Rocky Mount
Consulting with Thomas Sowell on Rocky Mount’s City Government
Do you ever think about your ‘unlived lives?” When I do, it is more with curiosity than with regret. What would my life have been if I had pursued other avenues? We’ve come a long way from wanting to be … Continue reading
Rocky Mount Is Being Lead Down The Yellow Brick Road Over Parking and Low-Income Housing
I have remembered the Yellow Brick Road song from the Wizard of Oz since I was a child. I used to sing it to my grandchildren when heading out in the car for an adventure. “We’re off to see the Wizard, … Continue reading
Saying NO to Tarboro Street Housing For At Least 3 Reasons
#I – THE WRONG ANSWER FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Affordable housing in historic districts and Wards should be looked at as a sustainable method of housing development. Buildings are durable commodities that can be used for decades. The addition of … Continue reading
The talk around town – Basketball, New Leadership and Housing
The overall #1 seed team in the tournament WINS! Well, that’s what the ladies in my story would say. Some years ago, I drove from Chapel Hill to Durham to the beauty shop. Waiting my turn during the NCAA Tournament, … Continue reading
Reasons Why This Housing Development Game Should be Cancelled – A Team of Ineligible Players – Part 2
Many years ago Princeton University’s basketball team came to Chicago to play the DePaul Blue Demons, coached by Ray Meyer. My husband (a Princeton graduate) and I went off to see the game. Princeton’s slow and deliberate offense was in … Continue reading
Hold Up A Minute -This Downtown Housing Plan on Tarborro St. Is Not a ‘Zion’ Slam Dunk – Part 1
It’s been a great weekend for shotgun houses after publishing on Saturday morning my belief that they are a preferable alternative to government-owned housing. Social Media got busy commenting on what I’d written and added additional ideas and wonderful support for … Continue reading
We Don’t Need More Low Income Housing -Getting it Right With What We’ve Got
“Converting an existing property into a new use is fiscally friendly. If you create a building of value, where before the building was of no value, you’ve added to the overall economic worth. You’ve made something viable that wasn’t viable … Continue reading
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