good article in this weeks Business Week about how Cleveland and Bufflao are taking a tough stance against absentee landlords and more importantly - lenders who are in the process of foreclosing on properties - MAXIMUM fines, demolition and donating of properties to local charities.
Things like those boarded up buildings on 4th and kinglsey, the metropolitan, the old phoneix on cookman, the M&K, ritas deli and more. They cited a study by temple that shows a good home with 150 yards (or feet) of an empty property is reduced by $7600 - my guess that it would be more. article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_02/b4066046083770.htm? chan=search Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/