By Paul Schmitt
The continuing saga over the Granary building in Sturgeon Bay will be front and center again Tuesday at the Sturgeon Bay City Council meeting. The agenda released Friday afternoon shows item 13 calling for a closed session to discuss the raze order by Fire Chief Tim Dietman of the grain elevator. After the closed session, the council will vote on to remove the tabling of the contract to Raze and Remove Structure, Granary building, which was done at the previous meeting. Then consideration will then be to contract to tear down the building, which was deemed structurally unsafe and a health hazard by Dietman. Tuesday’s Sturgeon Bay Common Council meeting will begin at noon in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
“The Continuing Saga” I wonder if this will end in my lifetime I am beginning to have my doubts, reminds me Washington D.C. and why nothing gets done there either.
Time to wake up everyone. The granary sits on “buildable” land, as in future hotel site. A demolished granary means upcoming hotel development news.
Correction: It sits on public land.
Erase, destroy such a beautiful, artistic, unique, really one of a kind creation ?
Why not keep it for eternity but move it to the neighborhood of those who oppose it’s demolition.
But please do not move it to Brussels !
Tic toc, tic toc, tic toc…
Yes erase,destroy this unique eyesore, one if a kind ugly structure OR yes move it to the front yards of these liberal do-gooders.
You’d prefer the deeds of evil-doers then?
http://www.doorcountydailynews.com/2017/11/18/construction-preservationist-wants-crack-at-sturgeon-bay-granary/#comment-4541
This historic granary is one of the mist historic buildings in Sturgeon Bay and Door County.
-will cost taxpayers over 50k to tear it down, while a donor has donated 1.25 million, enough to restore it free to the taxpayers forever .
-It’s only 40’x50′ which is a postage stamp compared to the city development land
– It sits appropriately, right next to a museum.
-it was always included in the redevelopment plan
It’s time to stop this hate and embrace, not erase, our community.
You know Bill, at one time I too thought this group to be a bunch of liberal do-gooders! I did not agree with their stance on Papke’s hotel plans nor at times the manner these opinions were verbalized. But, my opinion has changed somewhat over the months and months of debate over the hotel and now the granary. This opinion, as well as others who voiced their thoughts in this forum were disrespected repeatedly. I personally was threatened due to my opinion. But, those who were trying to discredit differing opinions were not coming from those in the group, per se. They were those in the community who seemed to believe that no other opinion counted but theirs even to the point of criticizing the grammar one person used to deliver a point! But, the past is just that and my mind has been opened a bit after much thought and discernment. The anger felt for the disrespectful comments made after using this forum to deliver thoughts has been transformed to pity as I suspect those who believe they have all the answers and are unable to give credit to those who have differing thoughts have other issues that most of us know nothing about.
The “liberal do-gooders,” as you call them (as I once did as well) are needed in a community. They are the ones who are able to think outside of the box so to speak, and energize some of us who may have become complacent when it comes to the future of the community. My opinion over the granary was to try to save it, but then the reality would hit and I would say, ok- the granary will be saved, but then what? Who has the funds to carry on after the save of the structure itself? Where are the funds going to come from?
But, maybe those who have worked tirelessly on this effort and think outside of the norm will continue to reach for the moon instead of being satisfied with the nearest star.
They are the “get ur done” crowd who just might be able to transform the Sturgeon Bay waterfront in the designated area of the granary into something that will serve not only its residents but those who are thinking of bringing their businesses and tourist dollars to the area.
Get ur done, guys!
Thank you Candace! The “do-gooders” are the ones who have kept Door County a unique, special place. Not just SB but throughout the county. The parks, lakes, land preservation, the arts are the work of do-gooders who have made Door County what it is and why people love coming here. Let’s keep Door County unique!
Birmingham should not be allowed to vote on this as he has a conflict of interest. He owns a condo in the TID property, he is on the Bridgeport Board, and he turned down a compromise to move the hotel back because he did not want Bridgeport to lost parking space.
Thanks Charlie,
My understanding is that the Mayor only votes in the case oof breaking a tie vote. If Board membership in a non-profit public interest group (a historical society) was enough to cause on alder to be advised to refrain from voting at the previous CC meeting, certainly property ownership in for-profit business enterprise in this TIF District is absolutely sufficient reason to recuse oneself from voting and absolutely for removing oneself from chairing the meeting (as Mayor). Controlling the discussion, interjecting influential comments or questions to the Alders, steering the discussion or even going as far as shutting down particular speakers during either instance of public comment, and would seem the only appropriate, logical and absolute necessity open to the Mayor, i.e. to surrender completely, the privilege of being the meeting chair.
The “tear it down just because” crowd needs to come up with a valid reason other than that the destruction of the granary fulfills a nihilistic desire to stick it to liberal do-gooders which, at the least, qualifies as a “cut off my nose to spite my face” argument. The Historical Society has done a commendable job lining up donations in excess of a million dollars to renovate the granary; they have even offered to pay for the demolition and removal if a structural engineer determines that the building is too far gone to save. I humbly suggest to those who want to tear down the granary just to erect a bland, ticky-tack building just like every other building you can see driving to the Milwaukee airport, that they move to south Milwaukee and revel in the monotony.