Posted January 9, 20205 yr https://www.columbusunderground.com/the-kilbourne-project-four-families-are-revitalizing-an-entire-town-rw1 It's my hometown (or as town as 150 people can be). Its been withering away for decades (the school was closed after I finished 5th grade there in 1986, and the post office was finally closed in 2017 after 35 years of threats). And it has been just far enough north (5 miles NE of Delaware, 8 miles NNW of US 36/I-71 interchange) that it hasn't caught the subdivision-sprawl plague from Columbus. So I have mixed feelings about what these families are doing. In one sense, I am grateful that someone decided to piece back Kilbourne, because none of the locals have shown any interest in fixing these buildings. But at the same time, I'm afraid these families, with NO previous ties to the area are just rural gentrifiers, looking to make Kilbourne into a countrified Celebration Florida. I dunno, maybe I'm more conservative than I care to admit.
January 9, 20205 yr Better to "gentrify" than to die. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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