Real Estate

City of Montgomery announces partnership to help boost home ownership in the city

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012, 10:57am

City of Montgomery announces partnership to help boost home ownership in the city

The City of Montgomery is pleased to announce a partnership that has been initiated for an affordable housing program (AHP) set-aside program in the amount of $1.5 million dollars for low income home persons in need of housing assistance. The affordable housing product is an offering made available to First Tuskegee Bank (FTB) for being a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Atlanta.

The housing set-aside product will provide matching funds for down payment assistance, closing costs, rehabilitation assistance and accessibility assistance for persons with disabilities.

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Deal secured to demolish old Sears building

Submitted by John Shryock

Monday, March 26th, 2012, 4:49pm

Deal secured to demolish old Sears building

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The old Sears building at the corner of Court Street and Fairview Avenue in Montgomery will be gone within 60 days, according to the City of Montgomery. A deal is now in place to demolish the building, and it won't cost the city any cash.

Steve Jones with the City says all proposals have been reviewed and demolition of the eyesore will be handled by National Salvage Company. Demolition should begin withing the next two weeks and is scheduled to take no more than 60 days to complete.

Jones says National Salvage Co. will take a landfill credit valued at $112,000 as payment for the job.

The city has lofty dreams of eventually transforming the lot into a residential area with a park and community garden. But says the building will have to come down first.

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Old Coverdale Association sends out tree pruning update

Submitted by John Shryock

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011, 8:09pm

Old Coverdale Association sends out tree pruning update

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Dear Old Cloverdale Association Members,

It is amazing that the recent tree trimmings in Old Cloverdale by Alabama Power would have contributed so to my continuing education. But, I have learned more about our neighborhood trees, Power Distribution Right of Ways, electricity, etc., over the past two weeks than I ever thought possible. That is saying a lot since my Dad was a Trouble Shooter (lineman) with Alabama Power for 42 years prior to his retirement, and I enjoyed a pretty decent understanding of his job.

As has been well documented, Alabama Power recently conducted some rather intensive tree pruning in our neighborhood. Some of the results were pretty dramatic and left a bad impression with a lot of residents.

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