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What must Herring Hotel owner be thinking?

I haven’t talked to the owner of the long-vacant Herring Hotel in downtown Amarillo, Texas, for a good while. I know Bob Goodrich quite well. He’s a nice man, a conscientious property owner — and a fellow with big dreams for the building that once served as the go-to spot for Amarillo’s social elite.

That all stipulated, Goodrich must be steamed as he reads about other abandoned downtown…

What must Herring Hotel owner be thinking?

I haven’t talked to the owner of the long-vacant Herring Hotel in downtown Amarillo, Texas, for a good while. I know Bob Goodrich quite well. He’s a nice man, a conscientious property owner — and a fellow with big dreams for the building that once served as the go-to spot for Amarillo’s social elite.

That all stipulated, Goodrich must be steamed as he reads about other abandoned downtown…

Robert Goodrich purchased the Herring Hotel in downtown Amarillo in 1988 as an investment opportunity.

Now he says he’s got investors lined up to turn the once-opulent night spot into some semblance of its former glory.

He’ll announce — possibly soon — who those investors are along with plans to turn the long-abandoned Herring Hotel into a gleaming downtown jewel.

http://www.newschannel10.com/st…

The Montrose TIRZ 27 proposal is scheduled for vote on December 9, 2015.

Our neighborhood has been encouraged to attend and participate in the Montrose TIRZ 27 Public Session on December 8th. The Public Session will be held at 1:30 pm in the City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby.

Houston Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 5 (Memorial Heights) is proposing to annex sections of the West Heights. If you are not familiar with TIRZ’s, you can find a legal description here.

The annexation of this area would mean that increases in city tax revenue over the base year of 2015 would be specifically designated for use within the TIRZ for: infrastructure improvements, parks and related amenities, non-vehicular transportation systems (i.e. hike and bike trials), cultural and public facilities and drainage facilities.

While board members of the TIRZ 5 were unable to commit to specific projects prior to annexation, representatives of the TIRZ suggested that they are looking to:

1) Add amenities to the Rutland Basin (6th St. detention pond) 2) Add a bridge to cross White Oak Bayou near Rutland or Paterson 3) Add connectivity with the MKT Trail

Some of these projects would fall within the current boundaries of TIRZ, and were already budgeted for in the 2015 operating budget.

A public hearing on the annexation is pending.