tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679997738156319165.post5943498718540649465..comments2011-01-14T02:09:47.088-06:00Comments on Rockford rhetoric - Politics in Winnebago County: Thompson-Kelly goes from worst to best week everUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679997738156319165.post-84817279716853415782010-08-24T10:47:16.711-05:002010-08-24T10:47:16.711-05:00Imagine what $24,000,000 in Federal Money could ha...Imagine what $24,000,000 in Federal Money could have done if it was teamed with Habitat for Humanity and RUM?<br /><br />At $100,000 per home new build, that is 240 new homes. In this market with a flood of repo’d homes, why refurbing would even be a better use of this Federal land grant…<br /><br />Why, just think of it… 154 new units under the current plan for rental appartments for $24,800,000 – OR 200 to 400 new home owners contributing property tax revenue. 200 – 400 new homeowners contributing to the communities “communitas.”<br /><br />Truly too bad that our elected representatives cannot think “out of the box.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com