Comments on: CentrePointe update: Timing is everything.

By: Lowell's: Under the Hood

Lowell's: Under the Hood — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Toward a Better Lexington…

“It has taken five years on Council to understand what we can and cannot control.” Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Member Kevin Stinnett, 7/2/2009 How do we make Lexington a better city? Really better? I have some ideas, but first we need to u…

By: obviousUKfan

obviousUKfan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:40:49 +0000

I think the Herald Leader has done an excellent job recently, calling for accountability among community leaders.

Tom’s continuous coverage of the Centrepoint development helps keep sunlight on an otherwise shady deal.

By: rs

rs — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:23:49 +0000

actually by the time this gets built. if it gets built, the country should be coming out of recession into recovery so the timing delay may actually help make this a successful development

By: s.smith

s.smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:41:08 +0000

I believe this article is balanced reporting, wishing well is lost in the woods. As for the Lexington ground zero dirt hole, as Tom has pointed out, the global market will determine if Centre Pointe will be built. The mysterious $250 Million may not ever appear because the return on investment with this project is something like fifty to one hundred years. DO THE MATH PEOPLE. COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ANYONE ??

By: wishing_well

wishing_well — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:59:43 +0000

lexington_steetsweeper and boo-hoo-hoo, I could not have said it any better. Tom Eblen is a waste in a newspaper that is in a very slow decline because it has never been able to offer balanced reporting.

By: The Lexington Streetsweeper

The Lexington Streetsweeper — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:17:22 +0000

Ahh, a train station for the CentrePointe block. Now that’s a great idea for the very center of town. We will fly the railcars in by helicopter and unload the passengers onto the small boats plying the submerged Town Branch. The freight can be transloaded either directly to the downtown businesses or onto trucks for delivery elsewhere. Buses will arrive from both Main and Vine streets by dodging the bicyclists and pedestrians and avoiding the various trucks and boats.

The best part of it is that there will be no public dollars spent, as we will all gladly use this facility for our every transportation need.

By: boo-hoo-hoo

boo-hoo-hoo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:15:26 +0000

For the love of god people, GROW UP! ‘Boo-hoo-hoo, they fooled us. They promised something they didn’t deliver, boo-hoo-hoo….’ That is what every one of you crybabies sound like.

I’ve never in my life seen so much belly-aching, complaining, and crying over a parcel of land in my life. It’s dirt people. Bound by concrete and pavement. Almost anything is better than what was there before. Whether it be the Webb’s or someone else, that piece of property is going to be developed. And I’d say, no matter who, unless it’s VM Gray, you all will continue to carry on. So, my advice: Get over yourselves. Life goes on! There are bigger and better things to work for and towards.

By: JDanforthCrabtree

JDanforthCrabtree — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:55:50 +0000

The block had no goo asethetics left anyway before demolition. This is no doubt a setback for the community, but it will take care of itself and they are to be commended for the risk taken. Few people actually know how much they have invested which is considerable and if they weren’t basically extorted by the old individual owners who sold them the property, the property would have many more options from and investment / return standpoint. The last thing we need to do is have the city take this block. Our leaders are way too inept to take on a project of this magnitude, especially without taxing us to death even more. They need to work on paying fire fighters and police more and lowering the ridiculously high tax rate for our size town….then maybe property, income, water, electric, cable bills and any other thing they can get they’re hands on won’t continue to rise over and over again.

By: lexslamman

lexslamman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:35:27 +0000

We should use eminent domain to take the CentrePointe property from these idiots and we should build a multimodal transportation and cultural hub for downtown Lexington, complete with a train station and mid-sized music venue. The Webbs (and Joe Rosenberg) should be punished for what they have done to our town.

By: IMHO

IMHO — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:40:08 +0000

Are you kiddin’ me? Now he’s in Europe working on financing?