[MassHistPres] Alternate uses for Town-Owned Historic Homes

[dmauch at verizon.net]

On May 14, 2009, at 5:13 PM, masshistpres-request at cs.umb.edu wrote:

>  Alternate uses for Town-Owned Historic
> 	Homes

Thinking outside of the box is often a novel idea for many historic  
commission members who do the best they can to maneuver around the  
political minefields and quid pro quos.  But Wendy and her fellow  
board members might well consider the fact that the house in question  
will eventually sit in the middle of Norwell's new cemetery.  That  
said, Norwell might take advantage of the fact that there are no  
crematories between Quincy and Plymouth (just voted to build one) and  
appropriate money to build one of these HIGHLY profitable, quient ,  
and clean facilities with a growing (baby-boom) market on the  
property and utilize a portion of the proceeds to 1) maintain the  
house in perpetuity and 2) utilize the house as an historical setting  
for reflection for the families of the departed.  It's one thing to  
raid the CPA funds yet again, but when people finally catch on that  
this is little more than a private kittty for the local pols favorite  
hobbies, these funds will eventually disappear.  Better to work  
towards long lasting, self-funded, preservation initiatives that  
involve a little imagination instead of taxpayer's money!

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