Historical November 1988 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Rosedale Neighborhood Association (RNA) Board of Directors has scheduled the fall RNA general meeting for Thursday evening, November 17, 7:00 p.m., 28th Ward Democratic headquarters, 6010 Kingsbury.
This meeting will not be a pot luck dinner but the association will have the usual refreshments available at nominal prices.
The RNA board has set a very full agenda for the meeting.
First, Boatmen’s Bank has been invited to send a representative and make a brief presentation on the Community Reinvestment Program.
If interest warrants, a real estate and financing seminar will be organized for later in the winter.
The second agenda item is Obsolete Districts.
The RNA is interested in programs which can potentially help the neighborhood to improve.
The City’s Obsolete District program offers a tax incentive to owners of one to four family structures within the designated district boundaries to maintain and upgrade their properties. Obsolete districts DO NOT involve eminent domain; the program is primarily used by existing homeowners.
The process of creating Obsolete Districts and examples of where and how it has been used in other areas of the city will be presented at the meeting.
The board hopes that in the weeks following this general meeting, residents of Rosedale will organize meetings at the block level to determine if the program would be beneficial for individual blocks. Alderman Dan McGuire believes the program would be helpful for at least some of the blocks in Rosedale. He, along with RNA & SDCC will assist in organizing any additional meetings that are requested.
The third agenda item for Nov. 17 is the barricades on Rosedale at McPherson, Kingsbury and Westminster.
These barricades are over 20 years old; their design is obsolete (the City no longer uses the chain and post design) and they are in desperate need of repair and beautification.
The Board hopes the residents of Rosedale will spend 30 to 45 minutes discussing these barricades and what should be done with them.
The goal is to form a committee which will be charged with researching the options, surveying residents’ opinions, and reporting back to RNA on a monthly basis.
These agenda items are of major importance to the Rosedale Neighborhood which includes the 6000 & 6100 blocks of Pershing, Waterman, McPherson, Kingsbury, Westminster and Washington.
Everyone who lives in Rosedale is a member of the RNA, tenants as well as property owners.
Please plan to attend on November 17.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1988.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Headline says Nov. 12th; article repeatedly specifies Thursday Nov. 17. Conflicting printed dates retained without a guessed correction.
Original source: SD_Times1988_11.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.
