Demolition will soon begin on a dilapidated Medaryville home. On Monday, the Pulaski County Commissioners approved an $11,800 bid from Freedom First Excavating and Demolition of Kokomo. That was the only bid the county received for the work.
The cost will be covered by a blight elimination grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. As part of that program, the contractor will be under some strict guidelines. “They have to show proof of where they’re taking the stuff,” explained Pulaski County Building Inspector Doug Hoover. “They have to take all concrete out, fill it in with dirt.” Additionally, state officials will be on-site to monitor each step of the process.
Once the work is done, the county plans to donate the land to Starke/Pulaski Habitat for Humanity to potentially build a new home on the site. reedom First officials hope to start demolition within the next week or so. They expect to finish the work about a week after that.
