UPDATE: Short on Cash, Swede's Run Restoration on Hiatus
Supporters of the project may seek council's help by asking them to release money from the Open Space Trust Fund.
UPDATE: Mayor John Button said he'd have no problem considering a proposal from the Swede's Run Barn supporters to use the Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund for the project. "It's a very appropriate use of the fund," he said. "I think they should put a presentation together and come to us." When township engineer the Alaimo Group pegged the cost of the restoration at $160,000 last summer, Button and the rest of council decided the project was too expensive for the township to fund, though they did agree to waive permit fees. Since the amount the township would be asked to put forward at this stage would be much smaller, Button said he'd be much more open to the idea. "I would definitely consider that…
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Ed Nice
3:11 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012
They could have gone that route but I think that they wanted to try and keep with the same theme as the original. The real slates are much more labor intensive then the fake slates and they are less money for the material. I have done one job with the fake slates and the house looks great. The shingle we picked out had a more uniform color to it though. Hey maybe Tait had the shingles laying … more ›