WRFA-LP 107.9 FM

A listener supported, non-commercial, low power FM radio station in Jamestown, NY.


Stream WRFA

  • Home
  • News
    • Local News
    • WRFA Election Coverage 2022
    • Local Arts and Entertainment
    • Station News and Events
    • Audio Posts
    • Video
  • Listen
  • Programming Guide
    • I Remember
    • Arts on Fire LIVE
    • Jamestown Tarp Skunks on WRFA
  • Local Shows
    • Arts on Fire
    • Arts on Fire LIVE
    • Chautauqua Lectures
    • Chautauqua Sunrise with Doc Hamels
    • Community Matters
    • Da Platform
    • Da Unwind
    • Fringie Glitter Buckle Boots
    • The Latin Inspiration
    • Local Rush Hour
    • Nobody’s Watching This NFL Podcast
    • The Power Chord Hour
    • Remembering Rock n Roll
    • Rolling Hills Radio
    • Small Things Considered
    • The Swedish Hour
    • Third Street Garage
  • Audio Vault
  • About
    • Join the WRFA Team
  • Donate
    • WRFA Supporters
  • Contact
You are here: Home / News / Local News / City to Roll Out Initiative Aimed at Getting Accurate Account of Zombie Properties

City to Roll Out Initiative Aimed at Getting Accurate Account of Zombie Properties

February 5, 2019 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN – City development director Vince DeJoy updated the city council’s housing committee Monday night on some initiatives his office has been working in the recent weeks.

DeJoy said the city qualifies for grant funding from the state to help address zombie properties in the city. Zombie properties are properties that have been abandoned by their owners but have not yet finished the foreclosure process – meaning they are hanging in limbo and as a result are not getting appropriate care, leading them to fall into an ever-deteriorating state of disrepair.

To help maximize the amount of money the city could receive, DeJoy said his office will roll out an initiative in the coming weeks urging community members to help identify as many zombie properties as possible so his office can have a thorough and accurate list.

“We’ll be asking the public to help us identify ways to report vacant houses, even if it’s not a foreclosure but it’s just be vacant – we don’t see any activity there. That should count. We should be able to provide in this grant application a rough estimate of just how many of these so-called zombie properties there are in Jamestown,” DeJoy explained.

More details of the initiative will be provided during next week’s housing committee meeting, which will take place Monday night, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th floor of city hall.

Meanwhile, DeJoy said the city will also be utilizing a new house painting program from the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation to help make improvements to three homes in a target area of Linwood Ave. And he said his office will also be initiating a bidding process to demolish a blighted home on Allen Street.

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown City Council, Vince DeJoy, Zombie Property

Donate to WRFA and help support Community Radio in Jamestown, NY.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Licensed by Reg Lenna Center for the Arts

Reg Lenna

On Air Now

Stream WRFA

Corporate Support

Donate to WRFA

Recently Played Songs

Tweets by @WRFASpins
Donate to WRFA

Recent News

  • Gov. Hochul Announces Measures to Strengthen Gun Control, Track Domestic Terrorism
  • Jamestown School Board Approves $610,000 Capital Project for Persell Middle School
  • FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Booster For Children Ages 5-11
WRFA LP 107.9 FM is licensed by the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in Jamestown, NY.

Most Popular Tags

Jamestown City Council Jamestown Police Department Andrew Cuomo Tom Reed COVID-19 Sam Teresi Chautauqua County Sheriffs Office Chautauqua County Legislature Jamestown Public Schools Jamestown Community College

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2022 WRFA Jamestown NY

 

Loading Comments...
 

    loading Cancel
    Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
    Email check failed, please try again
    Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.