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Bricks Project Costs in Salisbury Still Not Resolved

 

 

Still no word from Homes for America over whether the City of Salisbury owes any money for $106-thousand in out-of-pocket expenses in the effort to revitalize the project known as The Bricks in the Church Street neighborhood.

City Attorney Mark Tilghman sent out a letter April 16th telling the organization that the town was not responsible after the Salisbury City Council pulled out of a plan to secure a $75-thousand grant that would have provided $1.4 million from the Department of Housing and Community Development for the project.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that Tilghman said no contract was ever appropriately approved with the organization noting the council never voted on it.

The Council pulled out of the plan by a 3-to-2 vote .with those opposed saying they feared the city might be on the hook for unforeseeable costs.

The city had no obligation to repay either the loan or the grant.   

Nancy Rase, president of Homes for America, has told the council that it is unlikely her organization would ever do business with the city again.

           

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.