On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:23 PM, John Fenley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tuesday night will be the last chance for public comment on the demolition > of the old jail in south Provo. > Please come and support ProVolt if you can. > > The old jail is a 65,000 square foot building on 7.40 acres that the city > has left abandoned for many years. The city claims that the building is > worthless, but in my opinion that is a grand overstatement. I estimate the > cost to renovate the building will be on the order of $600,000, and that > the cost to re-build a similar building would be about $5 Million. Many > grants exist to renovate or update facilities, but grants for new > construction or purchase are virtually nonexistent. Only about 1/4 of the > building is jail cells, and the rest is office space, a server room, > equipment rooms, a commercial kitchen, etc. Damage to the building is > mostly broken windows, graffiti, and broken drop ceiling tiles. > > Appraisals I received put the value of the vacant land at $1.3 Million, and > the city has been trying to sell the property for $500,000 to a developer > who would demolish it to build over a hundred town homes. > > If you want to see a walk-through of the building, it is available at: > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-TjP_4v1OBRgWz-kONUx7Z8pe6gmfwu > > The results of this council meeting may determine whether ProVolt continues > here in Provo, as this has been the intended location since before ProVolt > began. > > I think it would be awesome. I was passing the building the other day and had the thought that it could even become an outlet or distribution center for electronics supplies. Perhaps a partnership with SparkFun or Adafruit. Where do people meet today to comment? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
