Category: Hall of Fame
Creating Inner City Suburbs: Blots
Read about the process of “blotting” – homeowners taking possession of adjacent abandoned property to expand small city lots into suburb-sized “blots”. Enterprising homeowners are changing the landscape in many depopulated cities, bringing the look of spacious suburbs to abandoned urban neighborhoods. For less than the cost of an airplane ticket, in some instances, owners [...]
Read moreEnos Park Development sells first renovated property
Enos Park Development, LLC purchased the house at 1129 N. Fifth St. in February of 2011 after it had gone into foreclosure. EPD partnered with Old Neighborhood Rehab to renovate the house and put it back on the market. In less than a month, a buyer made an offer on the property and last week [...]
Read moreCity hires two code enforcement attorneys
Kudos to the City of Springfield for hiring two new attorneys who will focus on code violations and enforcement. ICON believes that one of the keys to cleaning up the older neighborhoods is aggressively pursuing property owners who fail to correct their code violations in a timely fashion. We are also optimistic that the new [...]
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