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Editor
 Apr 12, 05 - 5:59 PM |
Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
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concerned taxpayer
Oct 5th, 2006 - 10:00 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
Who said they were crazy? I think we need to keep some of our history intact; don't you? |
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Susan Veltico
Oct 12th, 2006 - 5:44 AM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
I suppose it depends on what you are preserving. If its jobs and local businesses against being wiped out by the big boxes, i think it's worth it. Seems like the long timers want to become a big traffic logged noisy city with a bunch of homeless former local business owners.
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concerned taxpayer
Oct 12th, 2006 - 9:07 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
I think you are mixed up, the older residents want their farm land back while the newer residents want and got their coffee houses et al.
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MikeV
Oct 14th, 2006 - 7:46 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
Hate to spout off since I'm a former resident (with recurring visits), but here goes; East Aurora has always been a town that has wanted to preserve any part of it's past, but it hasn't really shown it through actions. When I was leaving (1999, the town was joyous about the man who jumped into basically re-creating the town in originality. He ended up building the Hotel, buying out most of Main St, and then he was no more. The town is now left with empty buildings and is seriously lacking when it comes to the amount of these "Mom & Pop" stores people want to preserve. Now, I'm not saying that the Committee should go and allow Wal-Mart in Tops' old location, but it needs to be more lenient towords other businesses coming into the village. |
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Jeremy Klapp
Oct 14th, 2006 - 8:01 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
Mike: There are empty buildings because board members with limited capacity to understand growth allowed for a huge strip center on the circle to be built which left a huge white building where ekert used to be. Now they are merging with CVS which will leave another empty building. The old Ames space in the village shopping center is still vacant because Benderson doesn't want to split up the space. Now we just added two new buildings for Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks which will certainly hurt Taste and Montana Mills leaving more empty buildings. So, Mike. There is no problem with the village being more accepting to business, they will allow pretty much anything to be built in right now leaving more empty buildings. You should probably read up more on the latest happenings. |
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concerned taxpayer
Oct 14th, 2006 - 10:01 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
Jeremy Klapp -ah maybe you should get your facts correct as Rite Aid is merging not CVS. Also, that big white Eckert building is owned by who? If you don't know then don't assume and lay the blame to a big box owner when the building may be owned locally! We have allot of our past to be proud of and it is still here as part of Aurora but there is so much of the old we can hang onto to as we have to move forward into the future. It seems to me that all everyone is really afraid of is a little competition
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Jeremy Klapp
Oct 15th, 2006 - 6:42 AM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
OK Mike. It shouldn't be to hard to move forward in the direction you seem to want to go. Cheektowaga, Williamsville, Hamburg and Depew all did the same thing and for the same reason. "Only hold on to the past for so long", "need to move forward to the future", etc... Now they are bombarded with endless miles of strip centers, big box retailers and almost no local ownership. And oh yeah, the also have lower property values and all of this without a drop in property taxes (one of the things that a run to franchises always promises). Why do you think East Aurora property values have gone up 75% in the past 5 years while the average non Buffalo residence has gone up only 12%? It is because people are running away from the type of community that is a slave to developers with the promise of anytown USA |
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concerned taxpayer
Oct 16th, 2006 - 9:47 PM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
You said "Why do you think East Aurora property values have gone up 75% in the past 5 years while the average non Buffalo residence has gone up only 12%? It is because people are running away from the type of community that is a slave to developers with the promise of anytown USA" I own property and my taxes hasn't risen 75% since I've lived here let alone the last five years; where do you get your facts? 
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Mumuv2
Oct 25th, 2006 - 6:36 AM |
Re: Crazy Preservationist Types. Sound off here!!!
I think 75% is a pretty high estimate but I agree that property values are growing. We have purchased two homes in the last four years. Our first home we purchased for $127,500 in 2002 and sold it in 2004 for $149,900. That same house was sold again last summer for $179,000 with only minimal changes (paint and a small backyard patio). I'm not a lifelong resident of East Aurora and many of the newer residents I know have come here for the same reason: the lack of commercialism and apparent character. For those of us that have already lived in the "Hamburgs" and "Cheektowaga-like" areas we really appreciate the haven we've got! I don't consider myself a crazy preservationist, maybe just a little desperate. I want to keep my little Anatevka! |
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