Currently,
Lacasse manages about100 rental units in Claremont including ownership
of the former Latchis Block, across Pleasant Street from the Goddard
Block.
“I’m very
excited to take such a prominent downtown building and make it something
great,” he stated.
In other
business, County Manager Derek Ferland said two groups of candidates for
the open Facilities Director position at the Sullivan County complex are
scheduled to be interviewed today and Friday. Interviews have been set
up to meet with four candidates each day.
The County
Commissioners approved the purchase of nine new tables for the dining
room at the Sullivan County Health facility.
The auditors
will be on site July 31 to Aug. 4 for the county’s June 30, 2017
financial closeout.
Ferland
reported that work on the county parking lot on Sunapee Street in
Newport is moving along nicely. Paving is scheduled this week with
installation of curbing next week, he stated.
The next County Commissioners meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 7 in Newport.
Argus Champion
UNITY — Three public hearings on a proposed application to the Community Development Finance Authority for up to $500.000 in Community Development Block Grant funds were held at Monday’s meeting of the Sullivan County Commissioners
The grant information that is earmarked for
the renovation project at the Goddard Block in Downtown Claremont
zipped through with no public questions or comments.
Kevin Lacasse of New Hampton, the CEO and founder of New England Family Housing, reviewed the background of the project expected to cost about $5 million.
Goddard Block grant application public hearing zips through quietly
When completed, the Goddard Block
is expected to have a total of 30 to 35 one-bedroom, two-bedroom
and efficiency apartments. Some of those apartments will be on
the ground floor at the rear of the building with storefront
space on the Pleasant Street side of the property.
Lacasse said the entity to own the
property has yet to be formed.
“The building was beyond normal
fixup,” he said. “There were some pretty rough occupants in
there,” Lacasse added.
Lacasse said his next step in
Claremont is meeting with the Claremont Planning Board on
Monday, Aug. 14 seeking approval of a site plan for the
property. Once that is done, building permits will be the final
step locally, he added.
Lacasse said he hopes to have all the preliminary paperwork and financing in place so that the project could go out for bid by next spring signaling the start of construction.
