Morning Walk
Apr. 1st, 2008 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wrenbThings I saw on my walk to work this morning:
Signs of Foreclosure
Damn. That's not supposed to happen in my neighborhood. We're a neighborhood of long-time elderly residents, rented 2-flats, and young people who buy estate sales. I was sure that the house in question was owned by people who had lived there 20 years. This morning there was a moving van and I was excited -- I wondered what the new people would do with the house. But then I saw 2 Sheriff's cars parked outside.
Housing Hope
A house being fixed up by Operation Fresh Start and sold (funded?) by a city Community Development Block Grant. I'm curious as to how one finds out how much the asking price is, and who is eligible to purchase it? OFS is a cool program to train people without high school diplomas in the building trades. There are two houses in our neighborhood being worked on by the program (although neither are listed on their website). One I know of is a lot where a house burned down.
Signs of Spring
I saw someone tapping their maple trees! At first I wondered why there were buckets tied to a tree on the terrace (between sidewalk & street). When I got closer I saw the tubes for maple sap. So cool!
Signs of Foreclosure
Damn. That's not supposed to happen in my neighborhood. We're a neighborhood of long-time elderly residents, rented 2-flats, and young people who buy estate sales. I was sure that the house in question was owned by people who had lived there 20 years. This morning there was a moving van and I was excited -- I wondered what the new people would do with the house. But then I saw 2 Sheriff's cars parked outside.
Housing Hope
A house being fixed up by Operation Fresh Start and sold (funded?) by a city Community Development Block Grant. I'm curious as to how one finds out how much the asking price is, and who is eligible to purchase it? OFS is a cool program to train people without high school diplomas in the building trades. There are two houses in our neighborhood being worked on by the program (although neither are listed on their website). One I know of is a lot where a house burned down.
Signs of Spring
I saw someone tapping their maple trees! At first I wondered why there were buckets tied to a tree on the terrace (between sidewalk & street). When I got closer I saw the tubes for maple sap. So cool!
