Selling a Community Asset - Small Biz Survival |
Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST By Glenna Mae Hendricks (Maesz) With some pride, I tell you that my hometown owns and runs a very excellent retirement community for the people who can still live independently. It is called the Homestead Retirement Community. Since the economic downturn, our little town has been seeking ways to cut costs. Some short sighted people have been campaigning to sell The Homestead. They want to take it out of the public sector (where it is run for the good of the occupants and the community) and sell it to some for-profit corporation or LLC (which must, because that is the duty of a for-profit group, run it with the sole desired outcome of making money--as much as possible). Now, the City Fathers have actually taken that very, fateful step: the Homestead is for sale. So, being me, I dragged out my soap box, dusted it off, climbed aboard, sharpened my "pen" and fired off a letter to my local paper. I think it is horrendous that the City is trying to sell the Homestead. I have received some emails in response to my blog bemoaning the selling of the Homestead. I thought you might be interested. While neither of these people are residents of Alva, they did get a very positive impression of Alva just from seeing the Homestead. I fear by selling, Alva not only loses a great community asset, but also gains some very negative opinion around the area. I am going to leave-off the names as I have not asked and these people have not given me permission to use their names. Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex: Holy S***! I love that place. When you took [my son] and I there, it was amazing. I am so mad too! Why can't people just live without thinking they need to make more money! Greater St. Louis Area: So...Tell me what is happening now with Homestead? What is happening locally to keep it going...? PETS are a must-have. The folks sit there languishing in their homes, yet their pets give them pleasure, make life worth living, give them a companion. |
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