City, BOCES partner to give run down home a new look
NORWICH – The City of Norwich will be partnering with DCMO BOCES and other entities to bring a new look to a house on Silver Street while also giving students in the BOCES building trades program an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience.
The Norwich Common Council approved a measure during its regular December meeting that authorizes the city’s participation in the partnership. The end result, city officials say, will be an extensive facelift for a dilapidated tax foreclosed property located at 45 Silver Street. The house on site is proposed to be converted from a three-family apartment building to a four-bedroom, two and a half bath single-family home.
The project will come at a minimal cost to the city. Mayor Joseph Maiurano explained that the city will foot the cost of building supplies and some specialized services while labor – including carpentry, plumbing and electrical – is provided by BOCES students at no cost. When renovations are finished, the city will sell the house to a qualified purchaser without seeking a profit.
“Our hope is to beautify what’s become a blighted part of the neighborhood,” Maiurano said, noting that the city-owned house has been vacant and neglected for more than a year. “Hopefully we can help bring up the neighborhood to make it a more desirable place to live.”
The city is also working with other organizations that have expressed interest in the project. The Norwich Building Tomorrow Foundation, an affiliate of NBT Bank, will provide interest-free financing to the city for rehabilitation expenses which will be repayed with sale of the property. When renovations are complete, the city also plans to have Opportunities for Chenango involved. The objective is to find a qualified purchaser through OFC’s First Time Home Buyer program.
In the meantime, the house is being used for a number of training events for the city’s police and fire departments. Maiurano said training events are likely to continue there until work begins.
A similar partnership between the city and BOCES occurred in 2010, when the city demolished a burned out property at 49 Front Street to make way for a newly constructed single-family home. That project was funded through the Restore New York Grant which was awarded to the city in 2008. Maiurano said the undertaking brightened up the area and gave students the building experience necessary to take the next steps in the early stages of their career.
Students in the BOCES building trades program traditionally build a single-story modular home on campus. Having the opportunity to work in a two-story home on site gives them additional opportunities they might not have otherwise, Maiurano pointed out.
He added, “This is a great partnership that I think is going to be a benefit to the city and to the students who are involved.”
The Norwich Common Council approved a measure during its regular December meeting that authorizes the city’s participation in the partnership. The end result, city officials say, will be an extensive facelift for a dilapidated tax foreclosed property located at 45 Silver Street. The house on site is proposed to be converted from a three-family apartment building to a four-bedroom, two and a half bath single-family home.
The project will come at a minimal cost to the city. Mayor Joseph Maiurano explained that the city will foot the cost of building supplies and some specialized services while labor – including carpentry, plumbing and electrical – is provided by BOCES students at no cost. When renovations are finished, the city will sell the house to a qualified purchaser without seeking a profit.
“Our hope is to beautify what’s become a blighted part of the neighborhood,” Maiurano said, noting that the city-owned house has been vacant and neglected for more than a year. “Hopefully we can help bring up the neighborhood to make it a more desirable place to live.”
The city is also working with other organizations that have expressed interest in the project. The Norwich Building Tomorrow Foundation, an affiliate of NBT Bank, will provide interest-free financing to the city for rehabilitation expenses which will be repayed with sale of the property. When renovations are complete, the city also plans to have Opportunities for Chenango involved. The objective is to find a qualified purchaser through OFC’s First Time Home Buyer program.
In the meantime, the house is being used for a number of training events for the city’s police and fire departments. Maiurano said training events are likely to continue there until work begins.
A similar partnership between the city and BOCES occurred in 2010, when the city demolished a burned out property at 49 Front Street to make way for a newly constructed single-family home. That project was funded through the Restore New York Grant which was awarded to the city in 2008. Maiurano said the undertaking brightened up the area and gave students the building experience necessary to take the next steps in the early stages of their career.
Students in the BOCES building trades program traditionally build a single-story modular home on campus. Having the opportunity to work in a two-story home on site gives them additional opportunities they might not have otherwise, Maiurano pointed out.
He added, “This is a great partnership that I think is going to be a benefit to the city and to the students who are involved.”
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