Cleaning up the neighborhood

After months of fighting to clean up a property on E. Sewell Street that was long ago determined a nuisance, the Sundance Council heard last week that the Crook County School District has taken ownership of it. Sharing the district’s plans to clean up and repurpose the lot, Facilities & Purchasing Manager Randy Gill asked for the city’s help on the financial side of removing the old buildings.

“We’d like to demolish the house and take off the out-buildings, remove all the cleared trees and utilize the cleared lot for a greenhouse and storage shed,” said Gill.

“It’s my understanding that the ci...