Boones Mill Depot coming down?

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Unfortunately, the money is not the entire issue on this. I've been  
advising Lois as they went along. NS has offered to give them the  
building, and, I think $8,000 towards moving it. However, the lot they  
thought they would be able to move it to was sold by the town a couple  
of months back. The estimate they had on moving the place was  
$140,000. But you still have to have a place for it to go. The NS Real  
Estate department would not allow them to keep it in place, they are  
trying another angle with NS, but I suspect they are too late.  They  
were given a deadline of September to make the fund raising goal, but  
there simply is not that kind of money available in Franklin County on  
a six month (or less) timeframe. The town of Boones Mill has no real  
industry, Rocky Mount is really the closest place with industry, and  
they already have their own depot.

I don't know how many members are on the list, but even if every  
member on this list gave $50 each, I'd imagine that would only produce  
$150,000 at 3,000 contributions, which would be enough to move the  
place, but you still have to have it go somewhere, and land to place  
it on in town is pretty limited.

We'll see what develops, I am hoping for the best, but expecting the  
worst.

Ken Miller

On Sep 15, 2012, at 8:06 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> How much is still needed to secure and move the depot, and how  

> quickly?

>

> $100,000 was the estimated cost in this http://www.roanokepreservation.org/Index/EndangeredSites2012.pdf

>

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> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

> Sent: Saturday, 15 September 2012, 12:31

> Subject: Boones Mill Depot coming down?

>

> Lois Slotnick, Executive Director of the Boones Mill Norfolk &  

> Western Depot Restoration, Inc. just informed me that a construction  

> company has filed for a permit with Franklin County to demolish the  

> Boones Mill Depot.

>

> Lois has been working with the town and other preservation  

> organizations to protect and preserve the station. Norfolk Southern  

> has offered to donate the station on the condition that it be moved  

> off their property. Neither Lois' organization nor the town have the  

> funds available for moving the depot.

>

> Below is a link to a Roanoke Times article written about the depot  

> back in May.

> http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/308911