Mead nuisance property cleaned up | Spokane

NEIGHBORS IN MEAD CELEBRATED TODAY AS THE LAST PIECE

OF A NUISANCE PROPERTY WAS TORN DOWN.

WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS PROPERTY BEFORE...

THE SIX PARCEL PIECE OF LAND SITS ON THE 12-THOUSAND

BLOCK OF NORTH FREYA IN MEAD.

KXLY4'S GRACE DITZLER IS WORKING FOR YOU...

GRACE, NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO GET THIS PLACE

CLEANED UP FOR DECADES, WHAT A BIG VICTORY FOR THEM.

IT IS NADINE,

NEIGHBORS ARE THRILLED THAT THE MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, AND THEY TELL ME THEY WILL USE

THIS MOMENTUM TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF FIGHTING TO GET THIS NUISANCE

PROPERTY IN MEAD CLEANED UP, NEIGHBORS ARE FINALLY

BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.

2;25;51 - 26;05 JODI

its been a long process and here we are in the final

stages getting the last of the houses, jerry's house,

knocked down, it feels pretty good right now, it feels

like a great accomplishment.

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TODAY A CREW TORE DOWN THE FINAL HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY

-- THE OWNER'S HOUSE.

FOR DECADES, THIS PROPERTY HAD BEEN THE EPICENTER

FOR DRUGS, THEFT, AND OTHER CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

MEAD ACTION

2;22;49 - 57 NED WENDLE

it took a year for the mead community to apply pressure

in the right places to get the attention where it

needed to be on getting this cleaned up W7 22

NOW, THE MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND

HAVE MOVED QUICKLY TO CLEAN IT UP, AND SAY IT COULD

EVENTUALLY BECOME A SITE OF A NEW SCHOOL.

2;30;55 -10 JODI

we're so grateful it was the mead school district

that bought this because some good things are going

to come from that W8 22

JODI APPLEBY IS PART OF MEAD ACTION, AND SAYS THROUGH

THIS PROCESS, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE RALLIED TOGETHER

AND BECOME A CLOSER COMMUNITY.

2;27;18 -45

its been siginficant for our community just to be

encouraged and there's a lot of unity that's been

built from the community members and just to be able

to say there's strength in numbers and if we ban together

things can happen a lot of us felt like this was a

hopeless case and for many many years nothing was

done about it and to see finally our efforts the whole

community working together, our efforts have produced

something great.

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NOW THE MEAD ACTION GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO

BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND FOCUS ON POSITIVE

PROJECTS TO KEEP IMPROVING THE PLACE THEY CALL HOME.

2;28;45 -56 JODI

we also have some good things we want to create a

safe and clean environemtn for the community, we have

a community garden starting up and a farmers market

this summer as a community so there are some good

thigns as well W10 24

THE MEAD http://www.fifedirectory.com/to-buy-new-or-not-to-buy-new-property-can-be-trickySCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE DEMOLITION WILL

BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.

THEN THEY WILL PLANT WILDFLOWERS ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL

THEY DECIDE WHAT TO BUILD ON IT.

REPORTING IN STUDIO GRACE DITZLER KXLY 4 NEWS.

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