Re: (rshsdepot) Chagrin Falls Park, Ohio

["Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Looks pretty nice to me
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>
To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net <rshsdepot@lists.railfan.net>
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Chagrin Falls Park, Ohio


Could this be it? -
http://www.west2k.com/ohpix/chagrinfallscfands.jpg

Picture is  from the Ohio Railroad Stations website -
http://www.west2k.com/ohio.htm

Jim


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Chagrin Falls Park, Ohio


> Where is the picture of this hideous stop, this disgracefully ugly
railroad
> depot station building???
>
> Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie Wagenblast <brwagenblast_@_home.com>
> To: RSHS Depot <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:37 PM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Chagrin Falls Park, Ohio
>
>
> >Depot Plan Meets Dispute
> >
> >Chagrin Falls Park residents call building "decrepit"
> >Staff Writers
> >
> >Chagrin Falls Park residents came out in full force Wednesday to derail
> >plans that call for moving a century-old railroad depot into their
> >Bainbridge Township community.
> >
> >The meeting held at the Park's community center was called to address
Mary
> >Briggs' idea of bringing the depot from Chagrin Falls to the Woodland
> Avenue
> >property she recently bought.
> >
> >Briggs, a former Claridon Township trustee who won back a seat Nov. 6 on
> the
> >board by one vote over Trustee Ed Ward, said she intends to cultivate a
> >community garden and help develop affordable homes in the predominantly
> >black-populated park community in Bainbridge - a place she spent much of
> her
> >childhood. The depot would serve as an equipment storage shed, according
to
> >Briggs.
> >
> >However, Park officials and members of the Park's Community Development
> >Council argue Briggs' plans fly in the face of their multi-million-dollar
> >economic revitalization efforts, which call for claiming tax-delinquent
> >land, bringing down dilapidated buildings and putting up low to
moderately
> >priced homes on the lots.
> >
> >Briggs bid on the parcels at a recent Geauga County Auditor's sale, in
some
> >cases bidding against the Park CDC, which was attempting to purchase
> parcels
> >for a land bank where it would hold property to later be developed.
> >
> >More than 100 residents signed a petition opposing the depot idea and
call
> >the building "decrepit."
> >
> >Briggs, who did not attend Tuesday's meeting, has not publicly said yet
> when
> >she would begin her work at the Park or move the depot there.
> >
> >"I have not had a chance to meet with many residents," she said. "I'm
> >looking forward to meeting with the community and disclosing my plans
(for
> >the area)."
> >
> >CDC members said they have tried to approach Briggs to discuss her idea,
> but
> >she has skirted them - prompting a group of Park residents to go to a
> >Claridon Township meeting Monday they knew she would attend.
> >
> >Briggs said most Park residents do not know of her entire plans for the
> >area. She wants them to listen to her plan and see how it can benefit the
> >entire community.
> >
> >"I see this as an asset to the community," she said.
> >
> >However, Bruce Constant, executive director of the Chagrin Falls Park
> >Community Center, said he and other residents will fight to keep the old
> >building out of the Park, even if it means taking the issue to court.
> >
> >"Get on your gloves because things are going to get thick," he said. "She
> >will have to run over me and everyone else to get that in here."
> >
> >Fliers circulating through the neighborhood claim the old depot contains
> >black mold, wood rot and lead paint.
> >
> >"I hope their flier has documentation to back up their claims," Briggs
> said.
> >"(The documentation) might help me decide what to do.
> >
> >
>
>

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