Resons to Love our Streets: Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture - 214 St. Joseph Street!

One reason we love living in our neighborhood is the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture!

Part of the great community we have on our "streets" focuses around the amazing work being done by the residents and urban farmers who live at 214 St. Joseph Street.  This great home was "saved" and listed on Columbia's Historic Preservation Commission's "Most Notable Historic Properties for 2008."

THE TROUBLE ON HUBBELL: Why is county agency demolishing homes on little street?

The Columbia Heart Beat writes:

 "A Boone County agency that has been the subject of controversy in recent years may be aggressively buying property on a little street of older homes in North Central Columbia, and one neighbor wants to know why.  Initially posted on the North Central Columbia email listserv, her questions have since made the rounds of downtown leadership groups."

Read the full article here:
http://www.columbiaheartbeat.com/2011/08/trouble-on-hubbell-why-is-county-agency.html

Boone County Family Resources seeks space [AKA: Demolishes Home on St Joseph St.]

Andrew Denney from the Columbia Tribune writes:

"The group has been reaching into adjacent neighborhoods and has purchased private land to expand its services, and it also has proposed filling space in the planned Short Street parking garage nearby.

Robyn Kaufman, associate director of BCFR, said the organization serves about 1,300 residents and has about 100 employees. As a result, she said, parking in surface lots and on the streets surrounding its building at 1209 E. Walnut St. has become scarce."

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“Wagner said BCFR also has had interest in acquiring a house at 104 Hubbell St. and determining whether it also could be used for housing. A house on the lot at 400 St. Joseph St., which BCFR already owns, was demolished yesterday."

Read the full article here:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/aug/30/boone-county-family-resources-seeks-space/

With deep pockets like this ... Why does BCFR need our streets too?

 Andrew Denney of the Columbia Tribune writes:

"Deputy City Manager Tony St. Romaine said the city received proposals [to develop commercial space in the proposed Short Street Garage] from Boone County Family Resources, a not-for-profit entity that provides services to residents with developmental disabilities, and North Light LLC. Architect Nick Peckham and Robert Grove, co-owner of Grove Construction, are listed as organizers for North Light, according to documents filed with the Missouri secretary of state."

Read the full "Developers respond to Short Street garage retail proposal" article here:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/aug/29/developers-respond-to-short-street-garage-retail/