Main Douglas Block Building Almost completed

Yes the Main Building of this Project is almost completed. As you can see it has been giving new windows and doors and roof and inside structure, and a nice fresh coat of paint.

I wonder if there any tenants signed up yet, If so how long before they move in. Since the parking lot behind the buildings isn't yet complete.. 

Some Money Spent at Battle Park, WOW

 It would seem that the City Spent some money to replace the old trail sign in Battle Park, those which were tore up by local vandals

Yet, no money could be found to fill the hole in the walkways of the park. I guess sometime in this fall season if someone steps in it while its cover with leaves and breaks a leg then only then will Rocky Mount do something about it.

City to Recover Cost of tearing down homes in Rocky Mount

Public Hearing Relative to the Preliminary Assessment Roll Prepared to Recover Costs Incurred by the City in Connection with Housing Code Enforcement on the Following Properties:

a. 400 Cedar Street
b. 401 Cedar Street
c. 625 Clyde Street
d. 535/537 Cokey Road
e. 541 Cokey Road
f. 208 S. Howell Street
g. 930 Lancaster Street
h. 937 Lindsey Street
i. 941/943 Lindsey Street
j. 324 Raleigh Road
k. 305 Smith Street
l. 1001 Star Street
m. 1113 W. Thomas Street
n. 319 W. Thomas Street
o. 633 Woodland Avenue

A~ Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution Confirming Assessments.

I wonder how much the city spent and how much they will recover from these properties 

Andre Knight on the Murders in Rocky Mount

First off this is very inappropriate to give this interview in a car. But that doesn't surprise me when he is representing a district that he doesn't even live in.

Several black women all of whom suffered from drug addiction and prostitution have been killed in Rocky Mount North Carolina over the past few years. Andre Knight, who sits on the Rocky Mount City Council and President of the local NAACP has been the most vocal in seeking attention to these murders. Is this the work of one person? Knight weighs in also on the National Media attention these murders have spurred



Who claims everything is about race in Rocky Mount

What NC DOT wants to do to Winstead Ave.

This project if approved would cause months of delays and traffic jams.

Sidewalk Danger downtown on Sunset.

Remember this building where the city said that the building facade was about to fall on the street below. So the city had the facade removed that is what the building look like now. I wasn't there the day they tore the face of this building off. In the process of protecting the citizens from falling brick the heavy equipment that was used tore up the side walk (see the pic below). This huge crack in the sidewalk is a bigger damage to the citizens now. What if the v-shape caution sign gets removed one night and someone walking along steps in this crack, who would be at fault, the city would that's who.

The city need to fix this situation ASAP this is now a bigger hazard then the facade was of building ever was.

Gospel street fair

On Howard st
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What's missing from this park?

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Work Progress on a Douglas Block Building

This shot the building has a tree growing out of it.The tree has been remove and there was some damage.The Damage area reframed and fill in with bricks from the site of the older building. Glad to see some older bricks are being reused in this project Working on the face of the building

Beer sales at event

Ok so for the downtown live event you can drink almost all you want, however you can't drink it out of the. They want you to use plastic cups creating more waste. Cans are 100% recyclable why most plastic cups aren't. This event is not earth friendly I can only guess the city hasn't gone green yet. What a shame
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The beer station

Seen to the money maker at downtown live
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More and more

People still pouring in to the city sponsored Downtown live event here at the Imperial Center.
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Downtown Live

Today's downtown live attendance was larger then the last. Families flock to this free event to socialize and relax.

However the selling of beer is still wrong for this type if venue.
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Which one applies

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This could be

This is a great place to open a coffee sober cafe. Close to the local community college
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The future that could be

I believe the old US Post Office would make a great community Center instead of a office building.
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Booker T Theater before

The Booker T Theater opened as the Savoy Theater around 1926

This is how this building look for many years before they (city) decided to redo the Douglas Block..

The Brooker T Theater

Lot of rotten wood, will they they try to save the over hang or will they completely replace it?

If you dont know how then don't

well it seems the person who left these coals behind doesn't know jack.
Dumping coals on pine straw at the edge of a wooden area.
What could have happen

So if you don't know how to cook out with coals then don't

Downtown Live

yes no recording, Why? after all this event is at taxpayer expense.. and in public,

most of the peopleby the gray building and many on the lawn was drinking, and I'mnot talking about pepsi or coke..

Over all it seem that everyone was having a great time

Parking Illegally

Yes this car is parked on the side, I wonder why they didn't park in the packing lot beside the building

The Bush in the wall has been removed

Eye sore

This eye sore as been here for sometime now @ main and nash

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How long

How long will it be, before this falls onto the sidewalk below. I see the city code enforcement isn't doing anything about this. I wonder why? A over that is leaking and rottening, I guess once it hits someone in the head then something will be done about.

250 main st.

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More vandalism downtown

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Rain

I'm stuck at the library raining like hell and I was out for a nice walk. You gotta love summertime it can rain anytime
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What about the house

So how much longer does this house before RMT decide it time to tear it down

Location 400 block of Falls rd
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UPS blocks

Nice place to park and to block traffic. there were open spaces for him to park but then again this is the norm for UPS to block traffic
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Booker t theater

Working inside, ground level new floor support installed still need a lot more work. Work on the Douglas block is very slow, only hand full of workers. Will there meet their deadline???
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Douglas Block

20 Windows have been installed out of 26. Still a lot of work need to be done
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Could Rocky Mount Council be ripping the citizens of RMT???

Consideration of Sale of Certain Real Property Within Phase II of the Douglas Block Redevelopment Project (106-120 East Thomas Street; 128 East Thomas Street; the parcel north of the Douglas Block Building on N.E. Main Street; and the rear of the properties on Albemarle Avenue with the addresses 244-270 and 278-296 Albemarle Avenue) @ $2,500 to Rozellali Group, LLC.

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I really hope that this group isn't getting all this property for that price if so they are ripping off the citizens of Rocky Mount and the city council approved it

UPDATE: THE PART IN RED WILL BE A PARKING LOT THE PART THAT WAS BROUGHT IS WHERE ALL THE CARS ARE. However, they are still getting it for steal of a price.One end of the block being fixed up at a tune of 10s of millions while the other ends goes for $2500.00..

More houses to be demolition

The city has selected nine more to be torn down for many reason most of which is pure shit.
Two on cedar st, clyde st, two on lindsey, raleigh rd. W thomas and woodland avenue.

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update woodland avenue removed from the list at recent city meeting

Code Enforcement

Ok folks, those that live in the older parts of Rocky Mount, watch out City Code enforcement folks are out seeking money to help the city to fill their budget problems...they are targeting those folks whom they know don't have the money or time to fight them.. ie poor folks of rocky mount. also there is double talk in those notice.. read them carefully all abatement ie work done my city worker is 200 dollars even if thats them 10 minutes to resolve the issue.

Must we see this

Do we really need to see this in our parks
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Wtf

Really folk of east rmt can't you find a better place to throw yo damn 40 old english bottels instead of throeing them in my side yard.

Middle age blk guy just walk by my place jerking his pole in his pant really
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Another one is coming

Just what we know in another damn Wal-Greens in RMT. Right across from Rite Aid
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What gives

I think our local news paper has an issue with our local lgbt community. More to come on this issuem
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See the parks are active today, till the rain came in. 'Ids enjoying the skateboard park families having get togethers and having nice long walks on the trails.

Test

Ok, Folks

The other day was very interesting to say.

I visit the park and all I have to said is that if you decide to have sex in public, in a park where there are signs saying that the park is under video surveillance then  you really can’t get mad if someone photograph you have sex in a parking lot..

The Wacky Teabaggers are coming to RMT, Watch Out

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Will we see you there??????

The Main Douglas Block Building, The Doulgas Building

After all this work is done will there be business ready to move in ASAP, no word of yet if they have tenants for any of these building.

I only hope that this project is really worth the price tag, at a tune of 24+ millions..