Publicity

I've heard it said that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and I certainly hope that's true.  Today several members of our merry band of rogue preservationists met with a someone from the Montgomery Advertiser.  Happily the rain stopped and some pictures of the house were taken.  We have high hopes that the paper will run a positive story on the house and our effort to save it in the coming days.  That initial positive coverage should make it easier to promote this project and to raise the funds necessary to see it through to completion.  Less than a month 'till closing!  Anybody panicking yet?

We've Taken the First Step

Tonight we secured a signed contract from the present owner of 1802 Madison, with closing to be held next month.  It looks like this project will actually get off the ground!

CHIC 2018, in cooperation with the Capitol Heights Civic Association, will putting out a call for initial investors/contributors in the coming days.  After closing the real job will begin.  We're hoping that our neighbors will see this as an opportunity to show the city of Montgomery what Capitol Heights can do!  If you want to be a part of this effort, you can contact us here at The1802MadisonProject@gmail.com.

In the months ahead we'll be organizing work parties, fundraisers, and other activities in an effort to move this project forward.  Please consider contributing and being a part of this effort, whether it's showing up to help clean up the property, donating $25 to buy some paint, or doing something else to invest in our neighborhood and our city.  Together we can make it happen!

The Project Begins...

Dear Friends,

     This blog is about a neighborhood coming together to save a crumbling old house and turn it back into a home.  The house that currently stands at 1802 Madison Avenue, and is known to some as "The Perry House," has been a part of our neighborhood for over 100 years.  Not long after it was built, it looked like this:

The intervening years have not been kind, and this is 1802 Madison Avenue, in Montgomery's Historic Capitol Heights neighborhood, as it presently stands:

 

This is 1802 Madison Avenue as it could be (Many thanks to Tom Kaufmann for the lovely rendering!):

Today we are taking the first steps on a long and arduous road.  At its end we'll have proven that the neighborhood of Capitol Heights (and, hopefully, its many partners) has what it takes to turn this house back into a vital part of Montgomery's most up-and-coming neighborhood!