The end of an era

As we came home tonight they were pulling down East View Lodge.  That was the building on top of the hill as you approached Neepawa from the east.  A few years ago,when they built the new home, the town was going to buy East View for $1.00 and they already had a developer lined up to turn it into desperately needed apartments.  At the last minute, the government, in its wisdom, decided that since they still owed just over $100,000 on the mortgage they wanted to get their money out of the building.  3 years later, the government having spent over $500,000 to try to keep the heat and utilities active in the abandoned building decided to sell it for $1.00.  Too bad that due to neglect mold had settled in and the structure was compromised.  Today it was torn down.  Now someone will build apartments there...... 5 years later.  What a shame.  We could have had apartments years ago.  Neepawa has so many new citizens now with no place to live.  Rents are astronomical.  Keri has a really inexpensive place to live, (inexpensive compared to what it could be rented for) but she can't afford it on the salary she gets.  There are no places to live in this town.  Just thought I needed to vent a bit.  The end of an era in Neepawa.