Thursday, January 29, 2009

Bill Would Help Towns Tear Down Abandoned Buildings

Know of an abandoned building you would like to see torn down?

We read in the Omaha World-Herald that the Nebraska Legislature on Thursday gave second-round approval to a proposal that would provide state environmental grants to help small communities like Dorchester tear down abandoned buildings.

One more vote is needed, along with the governor’s signature, for LB180 to become law. It would allow the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to provide state grants to towns and counties smaller than 5,000 to tear down abandoned buildings and recycle the materials.

We make note of this as just another tool that will likely soon be available. For more information on LB180, click here.

4 comments:

  1. It would be nice to see the old house in this picture, could be redone, made to a coffee shop, or a donut place, with a little convience store, to bad all the town folks couldnt band togeter to make something of it.

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  2. Some of those towns out west need grants to tear down the entire town .................................

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  3. I think the building in the photo was the original telephone building, later Guggenmos Insurance office, a variety store,and then a beauty shop. I always thought it would make a great library. There are buildings in town that seem to be in worse condition? Lulu

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  4. Folks:

    The photo accompanying the post is not a local photo.

    It was found by conducting a Google search.

    We felt the photo accurately captured the type of abandoned building that would be addressed by the initiative moving through the Legislature.

    We apologize for the confusion.

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