Friday, May 20, 2011

Snag develops in plans for Home St. property



Excerpt:  The City of Warren has run into a snag in the process to develop new homes on the former Home Street Elementary School property.

The city's Redevelopment Authority met Thursday morning to discuss approving a proposal from developer Justin Kinney to construct houses and several duplexes on the property's subdivided lots. However, according to City Manager Jim Nelles, Kinney hasn't provided the adequate information to the authority regarding his background.

Nelles said that Kinney, the owner of Oak Valley Contractors, LLC, did send the authority a brief letter, expressing his interest in developing the property. "To be real frank with you," he said, "I think it's insufficient. I'm not really satisfied with the short paragraph in this letter. I specifically asked him for references and financial information. My recommendation is we hold up on this and do more vetting.
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