Burned out home proving to be eyesore for residents, young students

GRACYN… EXPLAIN THIS AREA TO US? A BURNED DOWN HOME ESCALATED TO TIRES BEING THROWN IN ITS YARD… THE TRASH NOW PILING INTO THE STREET. RESIDENTS JUST WANT THIS ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF. <REGINALD WASHINGTON, PROPERTY OWNER: “DISGUSTED, DISGUSTED.”> A PARTIALLY BURNED DOWN HOME…PILED UP TIRES….AND OTHER TRASH INCLUDING AN OLD TELEVISION… CREATING AN UNPLEASANT VIEW FOR MONTHS ON HUME STREET. <KENNETH STOKES, JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: “WE MUST CLEAN THIS UP.”> THIS A SHORT WALKING DISTANCE FROM WALTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON BAILEY AVENUE. THESE CHILDREN HAVING TO SEE THIS EVERY DAY ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM CLASS. <KENNETH STOKES, JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: “HOW CAN A CHILD GO TO SCHOOL FEELING LIKE ANYTHING BUT A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN?”> ONE RESIDENT OWNS THREE HOMES NEAR THE SITE. THEY SAY THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RENT THESE OUT TO PEOPLE WITH TRASH PILING UP ON THE STREET. <REGINALD WASHINGTON, PROPERTY OWNER: “ONCE THEY SEE THIS PILE OF RUBBLE AND BURNED OUT HOUSE, IT’S HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO EVEN VIEW THE HOUSES.”> COUNCIL MEMBER STOKES BELIEVES THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE WEALTHIER PARTS OF THE CITY. <KENNETH STOKES, JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: “AS A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD, NO ONE IN THE CITY OF JACKSON SEEMS TO CARE.”> WASHINGTON SAYS HE HAS CALLED THE CITY… HOPING TO GET SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND CLEAN UP THE PROBLEM. BUT HAS NOT HAD ANY SUCCESS YET. <REGINALD WASHINGTON, PROPERTY OWNER: “I TRIED. I’M JUST ONE OF MANY ON THE LIST, JUST WAITING.”> THE COUNCILMAN SAYING THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. <KENNETH STOKES, JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: “LET’S LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WORSE THAN ANY DUMP IN THE CITY OF JACKSON. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES FOR JACKSON ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN.”> THE RESIDENTS ON HUME STREET SAY THIS FIRE HAPPENED LAST SUMMER. ONCE THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN… TIRES BEGAN PILING UP

Burned out home proving to be eyesore for residents, young students

Tires, trash at dump site in neighborhood off Bailey Avenue

Updated: 11:24 PM CST Jan 28, 2023

Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes wants a neighborhood eyesore dealt with.A home on Hume Street off Bailey Avenue partially burned down, and neighbors said there has been an unpleasant view for months.People have been dumping tires, trash and other things at the site.The home is a short distance from Walton Elementary School.”How can a child go to school feeling like anything but a second-class citizen?” Stokes said.One man owns three homes near the site and said it is difficult to rent the homes out.Property owner Reginald Washington said, “Once they see this pile of rubble and burned-out house, it’s hard to get people out to even view the houses.”Stokes is calling for the property to be cleaned up.

Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes wants a neighborhood eyesore dealt with.

A home on Hume Street off Bailey Avenue partially burned down, and neighbors said there has been an unpleasant view for months.

People have been dumping tires, trash and other things at the site.

The home is a short distance from Walton Elementary School.

“How can a child go to school feeling like anything but a second-class citizen?” Stokes said.

One man owns three homes near the site and said it is difficult to rent the homes out.

Property owner Reginald Washington said, “Once they see this pile of rubble and burned-out house, it’s hard to get people out to even view the houses.”

Stokes is calling for the property to be cleaned up.