The Knox Board of Works will open bids tomorrow morning to demolish houses with blight elimination grant funds. Continue reading
Knox Moves Forward With Blight Elimination Plans
The City of Knox is preparing to bid the demolition of four blighted houses. Mayor Dennis Estok says bid packets will be ready the first week of March with a goal of having the houses down in April. Continue reading
Knox Blight Elimination Program Moves Ahead
The City of Knox is planning to move ahead with its blight elimination efforts. Knox was awarded grant funding from the state in 2014 to buy and demolish homes that were in poor condition, but since then, the project has seen little progress, due in part to trouble the city’s had with filing the required documents required by the grant program. Continue reading
Knox Covers Reimbursable Blight Elimination Costs
The Knox City Council approved a loan of money from the city’s share of the county economic development income tax (CEDIT) fund to cover costs of trying to clean up the city. Knox received a Blight Elimination Grant from the state to purchase vacant, dilapidated and condemned homes from willing sellers and is in the process of doing so. Continue reading
Knox Officials Continue to Move Forward with Blight Elimination Grant
Paperwork will need to be published in order for Knox officials to move along with a grant for blighted properties.
Mayor Rick Chambers explained to the city council members this week that the city purchased five properties in the recent tax sale and those properties will be included as part of the Blight Elimination grant. Chambers said Judge Kim Hall informed the city that the sale needs to be published three times in order before deeds can be issued. Certified letters were also sent.
Blight Elimination Grant Public Hearing Scheduled
Another public hearing for the Blight Elimination Grant will be held Wednesday, March 18 at 1 p.m. CT at Knox City Hall.
A list of homes included in the grant will be advertised, and a representative from the state will address questions or concerns. An inspection is be conducted in the homes proposed in the grant to determine what can and cannot be recycled from these homes.
Four or five homes were added to the list in case others aren’t accepted.
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