THE TROUBLE ON HUBBELL, Pt. 2: Bullying, land-grab charges hit Boone County agency

The Columbia Heart Beat writes:

"Neighbors on a second North Village Arts District street are crying foul over a Boone County agency's aggressive purchase and demolition of older and historic homes in the area."

Read Full Article Here:
http://www.columbiaheartbeat.com/2011/09/trouble-on-hubbell-pt-2-bullying-land.html

Endangered List:

104 Hubbell Drive is a cute Bungalow that is being eyed as the next victim of Boone County Family Resources expansion into the North Village residential area. (Most likely its fate will be a converted BCFR office space, like it's neighbor on the corner of Ash and Hubbell.)

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/

Residents awaken to altered landscape [AKA: Future home of the Secret Playground]

Ryan Gladstone of the Columbia Missourian writes:

"The sound of heavy machinery Monday morning was some residents of Hubbell Drive’s first notice of Boone County Family Resources’ decision to demolish the dilapidated house it owned on the street."

Read the Full Article Here:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2006/07/12/residents-awaken-to-altered-landscape/


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The end result:

So do good (locked) fences really make good neighbors?