Eckington Civic Association has not taken a position on pursuing Eckington neighborhood historic designation

From the Eckington list at Yahoogroups:
      

From: Caroline Platt

Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:03 AM

Subject: Re: [Eckington] Historic Designation or Design Standards

   

Hello neighbors,

       

I just wanted to clarify something from the email below, particularly since it made its way onto the Bloomingdale listserv and blog as well` 

           

Neither the ECA membership (nor the ECA board) has voted on anything to do with historic designation for Eckington`  It appears that a group of citizens is working towards such a goal, but as of yet, the Eckington Civic Association has not taken a position` 

          

Perhaps we should have people come out to future ECA meetings to educate us about the historic designation process, what its rules mean for homeowners, etc`  (I for one know very little about the process and would want to have a good sense of the rules and process before I formed my own opinion on such a thing`  I know my cousin has had terrible and expensive hassles fixing her house because she lives in a historic district`) 

      

Until we have formal information and presentations, I personally do not feel there should be a membership vote on whether or not the Civic Assn should pursue such a goal` 

  

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Caroline Platt

Recording Secretary

Eckington Civic Association

  

eckingtoncivic@yahoo`com

@EckingtonCivic