GEDP Gets More Funding For Easton Main Street
The Greater Easton Development partnership has received a $57,000 county grant.
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Downtown Easton Property Owners Reject NID
Eleven days before the deadline, 40 percent of property owners have registered their objection to the plan.
It's all but official—the proposed Neighborhood Improvement District has been rejected by downtown Easton property owners. Of the 488 affected properties, 198 had officially registered disapproval of the plan with the city clerk's office as of Thursday afternoon, City Clerk Thomas Hess said. By law, the plan is to be jettisoned if 40 percent of affected property owners, or in this case 195 of them, protest the move in writing. The deadline for such 'nay' votes is Dec. 12 and the city clerk's office will continue to accept and count objections until then, Hess said. The city had unveiled the NID at a public meeting in June, which revealed downtown residents and property owners were divided on the proposal. One property owner even led an on-…
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An interested bystander
5:15 pm on Friday, December 2, 2011
Christina and Dennis, I apologize. You're right, sometimes it's too easy to be an idiot. I would challenge you though on your belief that the NID failed due to a flawed public process. I think it failed because the business and residential communities disagreed with you on the value of the NID. Disagreement is good, we can all grow from it. But we can't grow if we don't listen. I continue to … more ›