THE BARRACKS AND FAIRHAVEN by Chris Damitio The whole housing thing in Fairhaven is somewhat chaotic right now. Sherry Jubilo is still sitting in the Barracks, waiting for bulldozers to come in and tear em down. She turned down $10,500 to move out of a building she was renting. That confused me and a lot of other people. When I heard that this would be the week she was served papers I thought it was high time I visited the barracks and talked with her. At first when I walked up she thought I was there to give her the eviction notice. When I told her I was B’hamblin’ Man she looked relieved. She offered me a glass of lemonade and we began to talk. Over the course of an hour and a half, I heard a lot of what I’ve read in the paper and heard on the radio...and a lot I haven’t. Under the Happy Valley plan, the city bought the lot behind the current firestation so that the station could be expanded. After the controversial Chuckanut Ridge Development was okayed the Happy Valley plan was scrapped. Developers decided the need for a new firestation would be a good excuse to “ rid a high crime area of some problem housing” , a ridiculous description. In fact, no permission or permit for the fire station has been approved yet. The Land Trust figured out a way to build the proposed fire station and save the low rent barracks. This plan could’ve torn down Sherry’s unit. To quote Sherry
The Barracks in Fairhaven
The Barracks in Fairhaven
The Barracks in Fairhaven
THE BARRACKS AND FAIRHAVEN by Chris Damitio The whole housing thing in Fairhaven is somewhat chaotic right now. Sherry Jubilo is still sitting in the Barracks, waiting for bulldozers to come in and tear em down. She turned down $10,500 to move out of a building she was renting. That confused me and a lot of other people. When I heard that this would be the week she was served papers I thought it was high time I visited the barracks and talked with her. At first when I walked up she thought I was there to give her the eviction notice. When I told her I was B’hamblin’ Man she looked relieved. She offered me a glass of lemonade and we began to talk. Over the course of an hour and a half, I heard a lot of what I’ve read in the paper and heard on the radio...and a lot I haven’t. Under the Happy Valley plan, the city bought the lot behind the current firestation so that the station could be expanded. After the controversial Chuckanut Ridge Development was okayed the Happy Valley plan was scrapped. Developers decided the need for a new firestation would be a good excuse to “ rid a high crime area of some problem housing” , a ridiculous description. In fact, no permission or permit for the fire station has been approved yet. The Land Trust figured out a way to build the proposed fire station and save the low rent barracks. This plan could’ve torn down Sherry’s unit. To quote Sherry