[CPEO-BIF] Old City Hall, Rome, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mayor focuses on renovating old City Hall

BY JON MAURER

Rome Observer (NY)
November 2, 2011

ROME - Old City Hall has stood overlooking James Street since it was  
constructed over 115 years ago. Since being officially replaced by  
the current City Hall on Washington Street, the Old City Hall has  
been home to municipal and non-profit agencies. While serving minimal  
purposes compared to its former self, the Old City Hall has become an  
eroding structure that is nationally recognized as a brownfield. As a  
part of his downtown reclamation initiative, Rome Mayor James Brown  
and his team made rehabilitating the former City Hall a priority.



Romeâs Community and Economic Development Department have taken the  
lead in making the old City Hall a safe, clean and viable option for  
business. Once the city took over the building from the Rome Urban  
Renewal Agency over a year ago, Brown was committed to find funding  
for a public-private partnership. A short time later, the Department  
of Community and Economic Development secured nearly $900,000 in  
highly-competitive NYS RESTORE grant funding for the adaptive reuse  
of the building.



The department then took the necessary measures to stabilize the  
property and prevent deterioration. The city began the project by  
consulting the Rome engineering firm, Plumley Engineering. Plumley  
conducted requisite environmental, historical and architectural  
analyses that targeted problems that are typical of aging buildings.  
Starting from the top down, roof renovations are nearly complete to  
fix leaks and repair drains.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.romeobserver.com/articles/2011/11/02/news/ 
doc4eb17ac955eda779107500.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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