Why is Mayor Tommy Battle so anxious to trade away our publicly owned City Hall property in our name,
and include Big Spring Park East by restrictive covenant?
Why is he quietly making a competition-free sweetheart deal
with two private developers
to turn Big Spring Park East into Bridge Street East?
Why are they rushing this deal through by Christmas of 2017?
THIS DEAL WILL BE FOREVER.
WE DON'T WANT PRIVATE OFFICES, LOFTS AND A HOTEL THERE.
! EXPAND OUR ICONIC BIG SPRING PARK INSTEAD !
THE BOXED IN LAND COULD BE USED TO EXPAND OUR LEGACY PARK ▲
AND NOW TOMMY BATTLE IS RAMRODDING A SWEETHEART DEAL WITH THE SAME SELF SERVING DEVELOPER THAT GAVE US THE 2003 PRIVATE BUILDING.
THE DEVELOPER IS TAKING OVER OUR CURRENT CITY HALL PROPERTY
ON THE CHEAP AND WITHOUT ANY BENEFICIAL COMPETITION FOR HUNTSVILLE.
REAL ESTATE MAN TOMMY BATTLE APPEARS TO BE THE BUYERS' AGENT!
STUNNING. ONLY YOUR CITY COUNCIL CAN STOP THIS TRAVESTY NOW.
SPEAK UP TODAY. RIGHT NOW. AND TELL THEM TO STOP IT!
! EXPAND OUR ICONIC BIG SPRING PARK INSTEAD !
TOMMY BATTLE, MAYOR 427-5000 Tommy.Battle@huntsvilleal.gov
DEVYN S KEITH, DISTRICT 1 427-5011 Devyn.Keith@huntsvilleal.gov
MARK RUSSELL, DISTRICT 2 427-5011 Mark.Russell@huntsvilleal.gov
JENNIE ROBINSON, DISTRICT 3 427-5011 Jennie.Robinson@huntsvilleal.gov
BILL KLING, DISTRICT 4 427-5011 Bill.Kling@huntsvilleal.gov
WILL CULVER, DISTRICT 5 427-5011 Will.Culver@huntsvilleal.gov
Hello, my name is Thomas Piff, and I am interested in making sure that the land on which our aging city hall rests will be used to ◄Expand►Big Spring Park; instead of converting it to private offices, a private hotel, private lofts, and yet another overpriced, shortlived coffee shop or restaurant. It’s true! Certain city officials would like nothing more than to have a single no-compete developer build themselves an “iconic building” to sell off piecemeal just as soon as it is built.
Complete with our Big Spring Park East and spring run as its central amenity.
Could this be the real reason why Big Spring Park was renovated in the first place?
Complete with our Big Spring Park East and spring run as its central amenity.
Could this be the real reason why Big Spring Park was renovated in the first place?
We pay to renovate the park. $2 million. We have to endure City Hall demolition, and pay to rebuild it in the shadows of this private development scheme. Then we pay to build more parking.
Remember, our leaders are selling off our land for us! But that's not the end of our costs.
"LETTER OF INTENT SUMMARY" ARE POSTED HERE.
"TRANSPARENT" LINKS PROVIDED BY
(OR ON BEHALF OF) CITY GOVERNMENT:
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Developers propose new 'iconic' building for downtown Huntsville - July 30, 2017
"Official" Announcement - Huntsville Times - September 3, 2017
Huntsville may get new tallest building, proposal summary says - August 31, 2017
At the very least, if our city leaders absolutely insist that we need an “iconic building”
at the aging city hall location, then I say
Make it a public building owned by ALL of the citizens of Huntsville!
It should be OUR CROWN JEWEL, not some insatiable developers' crown jewel!
I need help spreading the word, and establishing effective social media campaigns.
If you feel like helping, please contact me at 256.797.7898 or sbsp@thomaspiff.com
Thanks. 2017.10.06
