Salisbury, MD — Mayor Jake Day announced today that 2017 was Salisbury’s best year for new and infill construction since 2007, with the City tracking over $55.5 million in construction projects.
Several factors influenced the numbers, including an increasingly stronger economy, and incentives in the form of permit fee waivers for builders.
The fee moratorium, adopted by the City Council last February, led to a total of 19 permits being issued for new, single-family homes inside City limits. This makes 2017 the first year since 2007 that a new, single-family housing development has been built in Salisbury. 12 new homes are currently under construction from Sassafras Meadows to Sleepy Hollow, to East Church St, to Camden, to the Hunter’s Crest development on the City’s Eastside.
“As a direct result of the fee moratorium, we see the first new housing development inside the City in a decade. The first new neighborhood,” said Mayor Day. “Direct proof that these incentives are breathing new life into the residential construction market here in Salisbury.”
Construction City-wide has been on the rise as well, with a multitude of commercial projects driving employment up within the sector. From 2016 to 2017, the City of Salisbury Metropolitan Statistical Area added 200 permanent construction jobs.
“Beyond just adding attractive new single-family homes and strengthening our core, we’re strengthening our workforce, putting local paychecks in local pockets,” said the Mayor.
With even more commercial and residential projects lined up for 2018, Mayor Day sees success in the City’s future.
“The progress doesn’t stop with 2017. We will continue to do everything we can to make this City a place where developers, builders, and homeowners can turn lots into houses, houses into homes, and homes into communities. “
Publishers Notes: If ANYONE is impressed with this information you are 100% Liberal. Anyone who puts out such a press release needs their head examined. If President Trump read this he'd say, Jake Day, "YOU'RE FIRED".
17 comments:
99% are taxpayer funded projects,no one will build here until state environmental laws change and banks change their no lend policies.
Joe,
I saw this too and spit out my coffee.
Regulations are killing the construction industry. Delaware Lumber went completely out of business last year because their primary customer base was Wicomico. That was a successful multi-million dollar business that is now gone. But, go over to Worcester or Sussex, and you wouldn't have known there was a recession!!
No one can buy a home or build a new one without upgrading their septic system or putting in an expensive fire system. Wico co is a joke in this regard.
Best year my ass!
And Jake's work on Main Street is progressing well -- NOT!
Jake & Ireton have bragged for years about how Salisbury increases in people moving to the City, now they brag about 19 new home permits. If this isn't the biggest joke. Next they'll be bringing you numbers in 2018 how permits skyrocketed and Salisbury is growing again but what they won't tell you is that the mass majority is affordable housing units. Keep up the good work Liberals.
Just look at the foreclosures in the Daily Times this week.
No way is this so.
Hunter's Crest took years to finally build. And they're WAY overpriced. Although, I hope they sell for asking, so I can sell my place nearby as well!
Yes they have jammed a new house into Sleepy Hollow, as many lots as there were available in that area they decided to build one jammed against an existing house the poor people will barely have enough room to breathe it is so close to their neighbors house. I'm guessing somebody got the lot dirt cheap and it is going to join the rest of the high dollar rentals in the area. I look for the neighbor's house to go on the market this Spring.
I saw on WBOC that work on main street had stopped and was expected to resume in about 25 days,no mention about four hundred thousand dollars owed to the contractor that pulled off or that the city was being sued for that payment.I don't know if that rag of a paper had anything about it or not.
Is there any updates on the hunters crest at aydelotte home sales? That was a pretty shady deal put together boy mayor. I hope every one of those homes rots on its foundation
Yeah, the jobs are so good here, that my son had to go to Delaware to find gainful employment after months of looking! My wife also works in Delaware for the same reason. You can only spin it so many ways, but the fact is, it sucks to live here! At least my home is paid off.
I hear "Shamazon" is on its way!!!!
HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
10:35 AM wicomico county foreclosure is at 16+% as of last week. I guess that wasn't added to the data Jake used.
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Is there any updates on the hunters crest at aydelotte home sales? That was a pretty shady deal put together boy mayor. I hope every one of those homes rots on its foundation
January 12, 2018 at 12:46 PM
And County Council President John Cannon's wife is right in the middle of it and the lead salesman.
I heard a commercial om 98.5 today calling Salisbury "The fastest growing city in Maryland". If 19 building permits makes us that, ALL of Maryland must really be sucking eggs now.
What a crock!
Jake Day is full of crap. The best building days are long gone for Salisbury. The hey day was when construction commenced for the new Court House wing -(adjacent to the County government office bldg.), and, the Courthouse construction - multi-service center (District Court bldg.). Also, right after that is when they built the Firehouse palace on SBY's bog. At that time there was also substantial building - University Apartments near Milford street near the college.
Jake is doing nothing more than fabricating a lie in hopes that the voters won't connect the dots to a failing city.
All of Jake day's kids are coming undone. My question is when will people like day and former administrator Stevenson be questioned about the integrity idmf Salisbury's financial situation. There's obviously been some fraudulent reporting somewhere
I bet old Jaime gladden is thinking twice about Jake day now. I bet he realized now it was all about being able to promote such fraudulent statistics and not their friendship
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