Property For Sale By Village

Here is a link to the Village web site where the VB has displayed an ad to sell the Old Chamber Of Commerce Building located at 28 Market St.  Make sure you click on that link and visit their site.  We all have seen different Realtor's try to market properties.  I have to tell you, the Marketing Concept/Scheme used by the Village on their website is absolutely amazing, a must see, a model for all professionals and students of Marketing to emulate.........

During the village meeting on July 8th 2008, the VB set aside Five Hundred dollars for the cost of marketing and selling this property which was appraised at One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand dollars. The discussion of placing the property on the market [without a realtor] starts at 32 minutes : 39 seconds into the meeting [move your sliders to that point].  BUT, listen to the first few minutes at the beginning of the meeting where a suggestion is made from a member of the Rotary regarding this property and its potential focal point of the River Walk.  That audio can be found by clicking here.

The sale of this property was discussed at VB meetings as early as May 13th 2008 Click here for a link to that audio. Move your sliders to 1 hour : 18 minutes : 32 seconds.  There is a brief discussion about the River Hospital placing a purchase offer on the Old  COC bldg.  As it turns out the hospital backed out of the deal.  This was the last time any interested purchaser of the property was identified by name.  From this point on, any potential buyers have been referred to by the VB as either a couple or several  interested buyers.  No other identities have been given.  That is a brief history of the property for sale by the village known as 28 Market Street.  Below is a map of this property and the adjacent properties.  Any Super Sleuths out there want to take a guess as to who the interested buyers might be?

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On Tuesday February 17th, I went to the Village Offices and requested a report of [F.O.I.L.] all expenses the village has incurred for the sale or marketing of this property.  I was told that advertising was done on Craigslist [Free] and the Village website [Free].  Any other expenses for advertising will be given to me on Monday February 23rd.