[Vision2020] donovans beautiful plan

[Mark Seman]

This is similar to a suggestion I’ve made for the 1912 building.  In short:
the Third Floor would be “condo-ized” into artists’ lofts.  No similar type
of space is available (that I know of); rents or sales would generate
revenues to help the City pay for 1912 use & renovation; the live-in
occupants would help vitalize the building, the arts and the community.
There are all sorts of details that would need to be figured out, but it
seems to have potential – at least in concept.

Mark
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Mark Seman, Architect
Heather Seman, Landscape Architect
Full Circle Studios
1404 East 'F' Street
Moscow, Idaho 83843
v 208-883-3276
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FCS at Moscow.com


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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On
Behalf Of stigmatta x
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:27 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] donovans beautiful plan


Donovan,

You said

" I
 guess one thing we could do is maybe maintain the roads, sidewalks,
 Friendship square, and maybe have the city buy the original buildings and
 rent them whenever we can."

I find it interesting that you are suggesting that the city of Moscow should
try to buy downtown buildings and fix them up.

How would that work?

Would owners be fairly compensated at market rates?
What if they didn't want to sell them?

Would the city have to create a office of rental management?

Who would pay the property tax on these building now?

I imagine this property reduction would severely crimp city and county
operating budgets thus forcing the city to raise rents on downtown
businesses.

This rent increase would force what small privately owned businesses to
close or move out of the city leaving Moscow with a dead inner core.

Good plan.

                       Citizen x

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