Will A Historic District Move Forward?

KIMT News 3's Isabella Basco is taking a closer look at what's being considered in Rochester

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Designating a downtown commercial historic district in rochester has been in the works by members of the heritage preservation commission ?

"* or hpc ?

"* for least 8 years.

Last year ?

"* city council voted to table it.

Property owners in the downtown area were worried they would lose control over their businesses ?

"* that's why council tabled the item a year ago.

However ?

"* the hpc won't give up.

Kimt news 3's isabella basco joins us live with what comes next.

Isabella?

Xxx katie and george.... properties like fagan studios and kathy's pub were opposed to a downtown commercial historic district.

These business owners want to retain complete control of their business.

However ?

"* the heritage preservation commission won't give up on the idea of seeing a district come to life.

In a time of so much change... uncertainty... and unrest?

"* john kruesel wants rochester to retain some of its past.

"i would hope that every community has some charm, some fabric, some regard to the past, not that everything old should be moved forward into the future."

Kruesel has been disappointed at the lack of action taken by city leaders to move the historic landmark district forward.

"to have blatant disregard for it, such as what i've seen these last 45 years here in rochester is not expressing leadership."

At the virtual heritage preservation commission meeting ?

"* community development leaders discouraged the hpc from making a recommendatio n to council to adopt the district.

"they are not large corporations, this is their bread and butter, this is their biggest asset and in the end we thought it was more important rather than to continue to have this divisiveness."

But commissioners pushed back.

"every time this comes up, there's always some property owners who object to it and they come up with all reasons why this isn't the time, it's never the time."

To kruesel ?

*- a historic district will allow rochester to remain true to its roots and provide a measure of comfort to those shaken by the med city's growth and change.

"that gives them hope the heritage preservation commission voted to move forward for city council to approve a landmark district.

Live in rochester ib kimt news 3.

Thank you isabella.

That motion carried 7?

"*1.

Council will revisit this at a study