Citywide, Greater Dayton Construction Group, and architecture firm Moda4 Design have submitted their first draft of a new concept for the former Cliburn Manor space – The Flats at South Park. The concept includes an underground parking for the big mixed-use building. At the HSPI membership meeting May 26 (click here to read a copy of […]
February 24, 2015 – HSPI Housing Committee Update: Dayton Is Yours (D.I.Y.) Housing Inspection Program http://maps.cityofdayton.org/public/diyviolationmap/index.html The deadline to apply for an appeal to the appraised property value is March 31st: To apply for a hearing to dispute or adjust your homes assessed value, please visit: http://www.mcrealestate.org/main/home.aspx Click on the ‘Value Dispute’ tab and be sure […]
January 27, 2015 – H.S.P.I. Housing Committee update: Did you know? South Park is zoned for a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) Property Tax Incentives for Improvements: http://www.mcohio.org/services/ed/cra.html http://development.ohio.gov/bs/bs_comreinvest.htm Zone No: 113-21000-13 Designation: Zone Name: SOUTH PARK HISTORIC County: MONTGOMERY Date Certified: 4/11/2005 HSPI post on Nov. 2014: http://www.historicsouthpark.org/information-dayton-community-reinvestment-areas/ “The property tax that is assessed due to improvements made to real property is either […]
After posting a story about a new Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) coming to the neighborhood, we received a number of requests for more information about CRAs, how they work and who to contact to answer any questions. We are sharing information provided by CityWide Development about the topic. Please email [email protected] if you have additional information to share on […]
The Dayton Daily News reported that Dayton city commissioners are expected to vote on legislation designating a portion of the South Park neighborhood as a Community Reinvestment Area(CRA) at this Wednesday’s meeting (see proposed area below). According to officials at CityWide development, the reason for this new designation is that the proposed area falls outside the […]
We posted about this first in July 2010 (see below). And now we are happy to report that the City may be able to begin work on the Brown Street corridor this March! We even have some aerial pictures of how the sidewalks will be widened, bike lanes added from Wyoming to Stewart, and four lanes […]
For everyone who wants to fight blight in Dayton, this 45-minute seminar will be very informative! It is free of charge. Noted speaker and expert Andrew McKenzie, VicePresident, National Inspection Services,will present, “Best Practices inHousing Code Compliance,” shares how his firm has assisted a wide variety of townships and municipalities in Ohio improve the results and cost-effectiveness of their housing […]
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Many neighbors are rejoicing over the demolition of the cramped cottage at Adams and Nathan that happened last month. Next-door neighbor Mary Beth Haug said, “Having that cottage come down was by far the best Christmas present I could ask for. It was a source of so much grief during the six years that I’ve […]
You remember the fire this summer that ripped through the small cottage on Garret? Realtor Mike Baughman, of Comtect Realty would like HSPI to consider supporting the demolition of this fire-damaged house. Mr. Baughman is currently managing this property for a bankruptcy trustee and Comtect is most interested in either selling it quickly or tearing […]
