Preservation staff and the existing building was determined not to be a historic resource. The replacement building will contain two modest sized 1200 square foot flats with a two car tandem garage. The building will extend to the 45 per the project sponsor brief, the Property Owners originally investigated modifying the existing buildings but found that option to be unfeasible. Currently the home is tenant occupied and there is no history of evictions at this site as reported by the rent board. Department received greek Public Comments after the commission packets were distributed and one letter is from a neighbor who is opposed to the project because it removes naturally Affordable Housing stock. The other letters are from adjacent neighbors who are concerned about the mapping of the threestory building and loss of light and air. I would like to read a correction into the record. Page six of the draft motion contains an error. It refers to the new building as owneroccupied. Both unit
And if you dont get the quality right, this business wont be here for you. Miami is my hometown, and its also home to over a million cubanamericans. Since the castro revolution, cuban families have come here to build their homes and their businesses. They bring their culture while embracing something that is distinctly american the American Dream. Grafton furniture is a shining example. Started in 1964 by esteban grafton, the Custom Manufacturing Company Makes everything from sofas, chairs, to tables. Steve this ones 154 by 96. Lemonis his son steve now runs the business and designs most of the furniture and is 50 50 partners with his wife, mary. Their son, also steve, is there to learn the business and keep it going for another generation. But when the economy turned in 2009, so did the companys fortunes. Steve the market was soft. Finances were really bad. Lemonis when business slowed, the company and the family began piling up debt to keep the doors open. Today, with limited funds,
Show up and vote, bill, because i think your call to me involved a very large check as well. Donate as well. He left that part out, but feel free. Bill, i hate to break it to you. When john arrived, you were not only the oldest guy, but not quite the funniest guy either. John, were going to give credit where its due. Bill, thank you, very well said. Next up is another of our codevelopers and the lead provider of Supportive Services for our residents here at Hunters Point eastwest in westbrook. David sobel is the c. E. O. Of the Housing Development corporation. A 31yearold communitybased nonprofit located here in bay view, Hunters Point. Over the last six years david has assembled support and staff. Under his leadership, the organization has grown from four people to a staff of 30, which provides Housing Development, preservation, financial empowerment, counselling, Supportive Services, Economic Development opportunities to over 5,000 low and moderate income residents every year. Also w
You for allowing us this opportunity to dialogue with some people who have beneficiaries of your leadership and the work that has been done at the local level to address the issue of affordability. Not just as it relates to the issues of rent, but also for homeowners, which all of us aspire to be. I am still aspiring. [laughter] can you take advantage of your own Home Loan Program . I wish. [laughter]. By the way, you do. And then after taxes, its like, student loans, rent, and this is crazy. So lets talk about that. You guys feel the same way, i imagine. You are a firefighter, you just came here for a very short period of time, eight years later, youre still here from illinois and chicago. Still here. And you spent 22 years as a Deputy Sheriff,. I cant believe you retired. Early. [laughter] and you have nothing in common on this topic with them, but you want to have something in common, and you want to be a beneficiary of the program you have all been able to take advantage of. Why do
The day. This is sort of translating over into the equity markets as well. The risk off tone continues after a 3 selloff yesterday. We got some of that tension in the last two hours or so, with china saying we violated the agreement given the 10 tariffs. They are vowing to retaliate. We have a read now on the u. S. Consumer. Walmart earnings are coming out. Let me jump over to that. The risk off sentiment continues. David earningspershare was a beat, 1. 27. Their target comps beat estimates, samestore sales. International sales were down a bit 1. 1 ,. A little bit of a leavening there. Also a beat on the revenues. Good numbers here, and it looks like in the premarket, it is up well, that has it down 3 10. My terminal has it up. Taylor i think it is because they are boosting their fullyear growth target. Analysts were hoping for a beat, hoping for them to shrug off some of the trade concerns and tariff concerns and boost that fullyear adjusted earningspershare growth. Indeed, that is wh