Middletown Forum : Downtown Stroll http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Community Revitalization : Downtown Stroll Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:45:57 +0000 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:59:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2842 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Downtown Stroll : Wait a dag-gone minute! This isn't... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33475&title=downtown-stroll#33475 Author: acclaro
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 9:59am

Wait a dag-gone minute! This isn't Middletown! Someone Photoshopped these images.

These are taken from Syria and Libya. This cannot be downtown Middletown, the illustrative home to Cincinnati State with its 50% retention rate. Tell me it ain't so Yogi.
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:59:07 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33475&title=downtown-stroll#33475 Downtown Stroll : If people from other towns read... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33474&title=downtown-stroll#33474 Author: Bill
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 9:58am

If people from other towns read about MMF and the hopes that they will serve as a development arm of the city and then see that this account holds a WHOPPING $83,000 they would start laughing.  What a pathetic, broke town we must have.]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:58:41 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33474&title=downtown-stroll#33474 Downtown Stroll : Middletown Moving Forward AccountMMF... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33472&title=downtown-stroll#33472 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 9:42am

Middletown Moving Forward Account
MMF start up collected………….$10,000
City of Middletown………………….. 75,000
TOTAL…………………………………… $85,000

From Denise Hamet
June 14, 2012
Current balance of MMF account $83,937.50

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:42:44 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33472&title=downtown-stroll#33472 Downtown Stroll : M29--isn't this the core... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33469&title=downtown-stroll#33469 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 8:14am

M29--isn't this the core purpose of MMF, and why they were given funding?
Why have they not used the $$ they so urgently requested?
Why isn't the city ?ing their lack of action?
 
If they are doing something why don't the citizens know about it?
Especially after reading the confusing article about the necessity of public support.
 
Will anything ever be attempted outside of the former downtown area and the first few blocks of S Main St(where the Mayor, his family and Mr.Koehler live)?
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:14:01 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33469&title=downtown-stroll#33469 Downtown Stroll : Middletown29 wrote:If the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33466&title=downtown-stroll#33466 Author: Mike_Presta
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 6:45am

Originally posted by Middletown29 Middletown29 wrote:

If the church was so beautiful why didn't one of you Middletown USA complainers take ownership of it and fix it up.
Why???  Because City Hall gave all of our cash to your pals at MMF to buy the opera house.
 
Oops...wait...they didn't buy the opera house, did they???  They just stuck the cash in their pockets!!
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:45:25 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33466&title=downtown-stroll#33466 Downtown Stroll : Middletown29 wrote:If the church... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33464&title=downtown-stroll#33464 Author: VietVet
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 6:28am

Originally posted by Middletown29 Middletown29 wrote:

If the church was so beautiful why didn't one of you Middletown USA complainers take ownership of it and fix it up.


Why?

1. No disposable income for most of us to tackle a project like this.

2. Costly asbestos issues perhaps and EPA involvement? Who needs that?

3. Most wouldn't have the time to devote to a project like this nor the resources.

4. What would one do with the building once it was rehabbed?

5. Cost prohibitive for most budgets. Probably no grants or low interest loans available to average citizens to finance the rehab. Just a guess.

No one is blaming your buddies at city hall Middletown 29 for the slow death of the church. Most are just making a comment that it was once a beautiful structure, now fallen into disrepair due to a lack of attention. Kinda like the city itself. Once a fine city, fallen into disrepair in the last 30 years due to a lack of attention from past and current leadership. ]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:28:58 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33464&title=downtown-stroll#33464 Downtown Stroll : If the church was so beautiful... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33462&title=downtown-stroll#33462 Author: Middletown29
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 6:02am

If the church was so beautiful why didn't one of you Middletown USA complainers take ownership of it and fix it up.]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:02:03 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33462&title=downtown-stroll#33462 Downtown Stroll : TudorBrown Where were they located? I... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33459&title=downtown-stroll#33459 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 4:08am

TudorBrown
Where were they located?
I went down Main Street late yesterday and the ones in the front area were still there.
It is my understanding that the South Main Street crowd complained and this building is going to be demoed very soon.
Maybe the owners of the property sold the stained glass windows to the Mooreman's before the demo.
What a shame this was such a beautiful church.
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:08:55 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33459&title=downtown-stroll#33459 Downtown Stroll : All of the valuable, original... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33458&title=downtown-stroll#33458 Author: TudorBrown
Subject: 2842
Posted: Jun 15 2012 at 3:48am

All of the valuable, original stained glass windows purchased by a Sorg descendant were removed from the former First Baptist Church on South Main Street around a week ago.

Where did they go?  Who took them?

Wacko
]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:48:16 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=33458&title=downtown-stroll#33458 Downtown Stroll : Vet - didn't you realize... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=17793&title=downtown-stroll#17793 Author: Hermes
Subject: 2842
Posted: Mar 24 2010 at 12:40pm

Vet - LOL didn't you realize ole granny was just using you as a "stamp licker " ?
 
We all loved and cared for our grandparents a great deal but it's funny how it took us years to realize we were "used" for all kinds of goofy stuff.  LOL
 
I bet you couldn't pay a kid good money today to lick 10 sheets of stamps. LOL]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:40:23 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2842&PID=17793&title=downtown-stroll#17793