Jane Neighborhood Blockade

When you know that YOU KNOW exactly what the problem is. Been reported many times. It drives one of the city cop cars. Start with his two million in property there by the Y. Tampa tackles blight in Sulphur Springs In Print: Saturday, February 2, 2013 Facebook 0 Email Share 1 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn did right by indulging in some drama this week with his cleanup plan for Sulphur Springs. The central Tampa neighborhood has come to symbolize urban blight, and having the mayor crash a piece of heavy equipment through an abandoned home said as much about the need to transform the area as it did about the mayor's commitment to see it through. The city announced it would demolish 51 abandoned houses in Sulphur Springs in the next six months. All have been the target of code enforcement actions, and all are uninhabitable. The demolitions will cost $5,500 apiece, and afterward, the city will maintain the lots with the goal of attracting developers to build new, single-family homes. The abandoned homes are eyesores that drag down entire blocks and attract prostitution, drugs and other criminal activity. Getting rid of them is the first step in changing the image of the neighborhood and attracting new investment. The city will also staff three full-time code enforcement officers for Sulphur Springs. The city will need to do more to address the chronically poor conditions that stigmatize the area. The installation of new streetlights, which the city and Tampa Electric Co. announced this week, will help. The city needs to continue looking for better housing opportunities, and continue the targeted crime and code enforcement sweeps that have helped to raise living standards in the area. It should also look for ways to enliven the appeal of two major parks that border Sulphur Springs, both of which occupy sweeping banks on the Hillsborough River. Buckhorn, though, is bringing resources and mayoral attention to an area that has suffered from years of neglect. Any turnaround will require sustained action on the mayor's part. [Last modified: Feb 01, 2013 04:30 PM] Copyright 2013 Tampa Bay Times 0 Important 0 Inspiring 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 LOL Post a new comment FloridaCatTrapAbuse PolicyCommenting Guidelines Share to: More Post 5 CommentsRSS|Subscribe FloridaCatTrapLess than a minute ago Your comment is awaiting moderation Tampa CREATED the bad in Sulphur Springs. The residents were nearly ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CITY EMPLOYEES who turned their own properties into complete DUMPS rat-infested HOLES. Fireman family Spence Roberts. City of Tampa parking Dotty Roberts Mason Wetterer Roberts. (owned three homes and got exemptions on all them at the same time) The ones who are in charge of tampa's clean team for downtown there on taliaferro and wood are total pigs and thieves. STOP LYING BUCKHORN. We know what IORIO DID. How many houses do tampa firefighters and judges and their families OWN IN SULPHUR SPRINGS?? Ask Don Kruse who misspells his name to hide his properties. Ask ESCOBIO. Ask them. Reply DUTCHBASTARDO1 day ago ABOUT TIME! Reply +1 Mr lizards1 day ago You know who else wanted to tackle blight? Reply -1 Satterfield1 day ago Why was Sulphur Springs Pool Closed? As a kid i spent many a day there. Maybe the city should try and reopen it. Reply 1 reply+2 FloridaCatTrapLess than a minute ago Your comment is awaiting moderation Satterfield1 day ago Why was Sulphur Springs Pool Closed? As a kid i spent many a day there. Maybe the city should try and reopen it. Pam's claim is that we could not afford THE BRAND NEW POOL. We could only afford to build it but not let kids in. BUT who are all the cars who are parked out there every day?? ASK JANE CASTOR ask her dirty cops. Reply