Coldwater to purchase two blighted homes at tax sale
The Daily Reporter
Dan Corwin objected to the city of Coldwater spending $9,511 to purchase two dilapidated properties at a tax foreclosure sale, set for Aug. 19.
“Leave them or developers and contractors to flip, Corwin said. I am disturbed at the city buying them before the public has a chance.
Corwin said the houses could be fixed easily for low-income families.
City Manager Keith Baker recommended the purchase of 27 Green St. and 97 Abbott Ave. The council approved his recommendation.
“Green Street has a failed roof. It’s in tough shape,” Baker said.
By Jim Measel
May 24, 2021 | 6:03 PM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â This will be the second year grants from a M.S.H.D.A. Neighborhood Enhancement Program will be available to eligible homeowners in the City of Coldwater.
The program is designed to provide direct benefit to homeowners in targeted neighborhoods. Eligible homeowners can use the grant funds to do work on sidings, roofs, windows, doors, driveways or sidewalks.
City Manager Keith Baker said during Mondayâs City Council meeting the grants will be available this year to residents of the First Ward in an area bound by East Pearl, South Sprague, Division and Park Avenue.
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An example of that volunteer work took place on Wednesday when employees from Sekisui Voltek and ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital planted trees at two locations in the city.
If you would like to help organize a group project or would like to volunteer, Â contact Municipal Services Director Todd Mistor at (517) 279-6936.
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Apr 12, 2021 8:50 PM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater City Council approved a $20,000 sales agreement with a local couple on Monday night for the purchase of a city-owned vacant lot at 28 Thompson Blvd.
It was one of eight parcels the city bought from the Branch Intermediate School District in November of 2018 for $5,500 apiece.
City Manager Keith Baker said the couple who made the offer recently moved to the community and they plan to build a home on the property.
Baker said there is added value on the property as a result of the extension of the road and utilities that previously did not exist to serve the lots.