The Greentown Grapevine – 1995-08, 02:08

              Resu I ts of I n gen u i t y
constructed soapbox derby
Idle hands have not been a
problem for these boys this
summer, as t h e y have
style carts. Racing down Crow
Pass are Josh Karns, Dustin
Karns, Chris Hamilton, Chris
Robertson, and Tyler K8SnS.
Hamilton, Robertson, and Tyler
Karns made cart # 53. Josh and
Dustin Karns made the other.
The Karns brothers live at 9216
E 00 NS. Robertson lives at 1030
Cardinal Ct., and Hadton at
1210 Blue Jay. About three other
carts have been built in
Greentown this summer.
After being boarded up since
1990, the front unit of
Greentown Apartmentson SR 213
just south of Eastcrest Drive,
has been torn down, the land
leveled and seeded in grass. The
work was done by Pratt's
Construction, Windfall.
The eight- unit, single story
building, known to managers as
Greentown Three, was built in
the early 1970' s as one of three
u n i t s of Farmers Home
Administration rentals called
Greentown Apartments. The two-bedroom
apartments were
occupied for several years; then
in about 1990, Karen Pyle,
Resident Manager, began
emptying it because the floor
had dropped about two inches
on the north end. This became
evident when the cabinets
began pulling away from the
walls. According to Pyle,
architects told her there were
several problems evident. She
was told that the building was
built below ground level, there
was no moisture barrier put
down, and that there was
inadequate ventilation. She says
that water was often standing in
the crawl space. A resident of
the unit herself, she was the
last resident to mve out, which
she did this past Dec- Jan.
The decision to demolish
rather than repair was made by
the owners, Greentown Center
Asssochtes, Seattle, Wash.; the
management company, Pacific
Cities, Tacoma, Wash.; and FmHA.
In 1990, Pyle was instructed to
engage architects to give
rebuild than to do necessary
repair which would involve
raising the building, repairing
the underside, and repairing
damage to the interior.
Mike Givens of Pacific Cities
commented that they are
working on a three- phase plan
regarding Greentown. Phase 1 &
2 involve receiving through
Rurual Economic & Community
Development ( formerly FmHA), a
subsequent loan to rehab the
existing buildings at Greentown
and at Center Meadows, 300E
200S, also managed by Pacific
Cities. Givens states that Pacific
Cities believes it is important to
accomodate current tenants
before embarking on a new
building. Phase 3 will be the
rebuilding of Greentown Three.
Concerning the long time it took
to resolve the problem at
Greentown Three, Givens says
he hopes people understand
that when working with the
federal government you can
only do so much, what and when
you get approval.
Pyle says, " We definitely need
more public housing in
Greentown." The fifty- six units
she presently manages in
Greentown are full. ( She also
manages Center Meadows
Apartments) Not all the units
are under public assistance.
Only thirty- four of the units at
Greentown are available for
assistance.
Lee Wick of Pratt's Construction, Wxndfall, loads some salvage
from the demolition of Building Three of Greentown Apartments.
( See accompanying article.) Photo by B Jenkins
Armstrong
Candidacy
Robert Armstrong, current
president of the Greentown
Town Council, will be running
for another four- year term in
this November's election. , A
Democrat, Armstrong lives ' in
Ward 4.
All five seats on the Town
Council, as well as the position
of Clerk- Treasurer, are to be
decided by the election
November 7. The town is divided
into five districts { wards).
Candidates must run from the
district in which they live;
however, each voter votes for
all district races. Voters must
Live within the town limits.
Persons who wish to be the
candidate of either t h e
Democratic or Republican Party
must file a sworn declaration of
candidacy with the County Clerk
no later than noon, September 1,
1995. If oely one candidate files
For the nomination of either
party to a town office, that
candidate is automatidv
Dec la res
placed on the general electior;
ballot for that party. If there is
a contest within the same
political party for nomination ta
the same office, a town
convention w i l l be held.
Another manner of candidate
nomination is the write- in
candidacy. This method allows a
person to run for office without
being nominated at a town
convention. Such a candidate
must file a declaration of intent
to be a write- in candidate with
the circuit court clerk from
August 9, 1995 to noon August
25, 1995. The write- in
candidate's name will not appear
on the bdot.
Voter registration is available
at the Greentown Utilities office.
For a more thorough explanation
of rules and procedures
concerning town elections, The
Town Election Guidebook iS
available for viewing at the
Utilities office.