Expansion strategy

Paul Murnane — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:21:24 -0500

Regarding whether a street or area could leave a historic district, I think we'll have to check both the city ordinance (which is being updated currently) and the BH HD ordinance. The key question, however, is whether a house is considered "contributing", because if it is, I don't see how they could get out of the HD. If it's "non-contributing," it really doesn't matter because as Kerstin said last night, they can do pretty much what they want with a non-contributing property. Also, if the property can be considered "contributing," it would be considered historic and still fall under the city ordinance even if not in the HD. So the homeowner would be required to get a Cert. of Appropriateness.

Regarding the expansion strategy, I have a couple of thoughts. 1) The time-frame that Kerstin mentioned was 1-3 years, with 1 year being the time to make Rose Park South an HD (with alot of community support) and 3 year being the time it took to establish the original Rose Park HD. Given that reality, to try to expand to the whole of BH may be a very long process with a lower probability of success. 2) We know that there are some sections of the Heights where opposition is likely to be very vocal. We could get bogged-down in dealing with that that could hinder overall progress. 3) To establish greater credibility from an association standpoint, it may be better to expand into a smaller area to get a win under our belts. It would also build momentum for further expansion and allow us to move up the learning curve. 4) Given the above, my recommendation would be to find the "low-hanging fruit" and expand into an area with high probability of success.

Sorry to be so long-winded. If anyone gets a chance, could you please review my minutes from last night's meeting and make any additions or corrections.

Thanks!

Paul

Design Choice

Andrew — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:00:07 -0500

I recently moved into the neighborhood--I plan to attend a meeting soon...hopefully, the final design choice will be a discussion topic (agenda item) at a meeting that solicts as much input as possible.

Design Choice

Andrew — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:59:27 -0500

I just recently moved into the neighborhood...hopefully, the final design choice will be a discussion topic (agenda item) at a meeting that solicits as much input as possible.

I like the first logo design

Kim — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:17:37 -0600

I like the first logo design better, though I would like to see more choices.
Regards,
Kim

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Expansion strategy

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I like the first logo design