Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek mobile Homes

Park Closing Date Extended!

2007-01-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

City Attorney, Jennifer Ritchie, has given the owner, Steve Crossett extended time to close the Park. Mr. Crossett asked for the extension so that residents would have more time to make arrangements to move.

The Ash Creek Mobile Home Park closing date will NOW BE - APRIL 1, 2007.

This notice is met with mixed feelings - good and bad - but at least residents will have a tiny bit of extra time to make complex decisions about moving.

Ash Creek Closing??? Why??? Opinion Letters

2007-01-07T13:51:00.000-08:00

Dallas Morning News Sunday Letters: Jan. 7, 2007

Ash Creek Action Deliberate by Earl Ashe
Response to: "Landlord failed the park," Sunday Letters. (see below)
.....We at Save Ash Creek Homes object to Ferguson Road Initiative president William M. Coleman's recent characterization of what happened to Ash Creek Mobile Home Park.
.....The park began its sense of history and place in 1949 and was incorporated into the city in 1952. It was granted a grandfather clause in the 1960s. In the 1980s, the city did something to hammer grandfathering, but the owner was never notified. We were blindsided in 2005 by Dallas City Council member Leo Chaney's Ferguson Road Initiative.
.....Although the City Plan Commission voted unanimously to give the owner an opportunity to correct problems, Mr. Chaney made sure that the owner would never be given an honest chance. He sent FRI warriors to lay siege to our community.
.....The park's owner needed to be held to account, not nuked. Mr. Chaney sent Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Richie to finish off the owner with a growing list of unreasonable code demands.
It was Mr. Chaney and his FRI agents who destroyed our unique community.
Earl Ashe, Save Ash Creek Homes, Dallas

Letter above referenced the Sunday letter below:

Dallas Morning News Sunday Letters: Dec. 31, 2006
Landlord Failed the Park by William Coleman
Response to: "Fight over mobile home park ends with eviction .... residents call move unfair" Dec. 16 Metro.
.....We at the Ferguson Road Initiative object to recent press concerning the closing of the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park. We work hard to improve the standard of living for everyone in our area. Since 1998, we have aggressively improved and removed businesses that fail city code requirements. We have never shied from confronting landlords who do not maintain their properties.
.....Our efforts to clean it up have been mischaracterized as an attempt to remove the park. The owner failed to take responsibility for his property. We are sorry that he did not care enough about his tenants or his community to be a responsible landlord by rectifying problems at the park and following the same rules we all have to abide by. Unfortunately, he made the residents victims.
.....Upon learning of the owner's eviction of the residents near the holidays, we established a fund to aid residents in relocating. To help, visit our Web site at www.fergusonroad.org.
William M. Coleman, President, Ferguson Road Initiative, Dallas

TIMING TERRIBLE to force Park Closing

2006-12-30T18:02:00.000-08:00

AshCreek residents, Benito and Dwayne in April getting ready for the Protest at City Hall

All efforts to save the AshCreek Mobile Home Park seem over. The owner has given up after more than a year of hearings, upgrading and rezoning efforts. Now the owner has notified residents of a closing date of FEb. 9; (this date is partly due to a timeline set by Dallas City Attorney's office related to a recently requested requirement that the owner install a very expensive concrete drive thru the park (to meet firecodes). The road would replace an asphault road thru the park that the owner repaved a few years back at the request of the city. This concrete road requirement - with a cost of possibly over $150,000 is causing the owner to give up the fight to save the Park, but now the closing date gives a drastically unrealistic time period for residents to make plans for relocation.

FEB. 9 is the date (as of now) for all to be moved with all possessions removed from the Park, including their mobile home. Residents were notified only on Dec. 9. It is most difficult during this holiday season (many offices are closed and weather is unsure). Even with the help now being offered by City services, it is most difficult during this time period to make all the necessary arrangements and decisions for relocation. Many residents say they need to remain close to city bus lines, children's schools, and their work in this area - (but where to move?) The only close MobileHome Park (on Lawnview) does not have available space. Offers from Parks in far Mesquite, Seagoville, Hutchins does'nt work for most. Besides "money" for moving costs - TIME is critical most of all..... hopefully the City Attorney's office and the owner can agree on an extention of time.

The people at AshCreek simply need TIME as well as financial help to make this move. Let's hope the extended time comes forward very soon.

Would any of us want to be in these shoes? Deciding where to move, including trying to sell our home even, maybe having to move our children from their schools - all right during Christmas break and the New Year and the coming January winter weather!

Come on DALLAS, come on EVERYONE involved - what are we thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes

c-noah@sbcglobal.net

Christmas Gifts for MHPark Residents

2006-12-30T17:15:00.000-08:00

Garden Angel and AshCreek home decorated for Christmas 2006

Two days before Christmas area Neighbors of AshCreekMHPark delivered Christmas gifts and food gift cards for resident families with children and senior adults in the Park. Donations included Minyard and Walmart Gift Cards, toys, sleeping & atheletic bags, volley balls, dolls, cars, games, baby clothing, food and misc. gifts for adults.

As several neighbors arrived at the Park Saturday afternoon, children (expecting the arrival) run up to greet us. We wish all who donated so generously could have heard the gracious thank yous from parents and seen the smiles on small faces.

Hopefully these gifts from MANY Concerned Neighbors will bring a small amount of help and cheer to a gloomy holiday season for AshCreek residents.

Christmas donations for MHPark Residents

2006-12-20T13:32:00.000-08:00

Deliver by Saturday - Dec. 23: Gifts or Minyard gift cards for AshCreek M H Park residents being collected by area Concerned Neighbors. Here are two types of donations:
*Donate $$ for Minyard Gift Cards or purchase the Gift Cards yourself
Minyards is the closet store to the MHPark
*Donate - Wrappped (or unwrapped) gifts – indicate if for adult or child (gender & age appropriate)
Deliver to 8166 Barbaree. Neighbors will deliver everything Sat. afternoon(day before Christmas Eve) to families with children and adult seniors of the Park .
Ages and gender for gifts: Senior adults, on fixed incomes, men & women - size range L to 2XX . Children: Girls ages 18, 14, 8, 4, toddlers & newborn Boys, ages 16, 14, 12, 11, 4 & toddlers.
Email c-noah@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.

LOSERS & WINNERS in the AshCreek Battle

2006-12-12T05:56:00.000-08:00

Christmas lights at AshCreek MHPark, by resident Jack Loughead

TRUTH about the "Battle of the AshCreek Mobile Home Park" must be spread; it has been a disgraceful handling by some of the powerful in the community. At a time of goodwill and cheer, those that live at AshCreek will lose their homes and community as they are forcefully moved from AshCreek Mobile Home Park. But who are truly the LOSERS and the WINNERS in the end of this story?

LOSERS – here are certainly at least (4) to make note of:
(1) Mr. Leo Chaney, City Councilman who supposedly represents the people who live at AshCreek MHPark. He mostly hid from them and would not meet with them. He showed no courage to try and address this situation, avoided speaking to the residents or anyone who did not agree with his political friends (of FRI) who started the effort to "get rid and fueled the continued fire to get rid of the MHPark along Ashcreek. Mr. Chaney is not a winner in this issue!

(2) The FRI (Ferguson Road Initiative) a community group trying to better the area near Ferguson Road. They failed this community (and certainly the residents of AshCreek MHPark) Within this group, the seed and networking began to "get rid of the MHPark", as they had identified the site long ago for big high‑dollar development. They went along with untrue crime and code claims against the Park, allowing every 911 call associated with the Park to stand for a criminal act; they never called for a true community meeting on the issue or invited the residents of the Park to speak with them, and never contacted the owner of the Park with any of their complaints before they went full force to "get rid of the Park" with a petition to the Board of Adjustments. In their zeal to find land for expensive real estate development, they forgot to consider the less fortunate and less powerful members of our community. They say they wish to "help" now ‑ why did they not try conversations and communications earlier to see how they might "help" rather than just trying to wipe AshCreek off the map in this community?

(3) Another loser? A Dallas lawyer (for FRI) ‑ Ms. Wolfe, has shown questionable ethics in the case against the MHPark, disregarding the ethical behavior of her profession ‑ not checking details of claims of crime and code issues before turning them in as overblown and untrue statistics in a legal filing to the Board of Adjustments of Dallas.

(4) Another real LOSER ‑ the Dallas City Attorney's office of Code Enforcement ‑ seemingly unable to be fair and reasonable in demands against the landowner/business owner of the AshCreek Mobile Home Park. This office through an assistant attorney has thrown unreasonable and costly Code issues against the owner in a demand for major $$ items to be taken care of in an unreasonable amount of time. One example, a demand that the current asphalt road thru the park be redone as concrete – a cost of more than $150,000. This not even a Code issue for AshCreek before the Board of Adjustments took the Grand fathered zoning away from the MHPark in Dec. 2006 (and that very decision is under appeal at this time). But City Attorney’s office demands this of the owner instantly. How can a landowner/businessman fight a multi-million dollar budget of the City Attorney's office ‑ their time and funds is never‑ending to continue the legal battle ‑ an individual business owner does not have unlimited funds to pay for lawyers and legal fees.

WINNERS:
WINNERS? Could it possibly be that the RESIDENTS of the MHPark will somehow come out the real WINNERS in some way down the road, in the future? They will certainly lose their community and homes, but maybe, MAYBE, they will ultimately be the WINNERS ‑ they will surely have better times and luck awaiting them in time, and they certainly do come to the end of this battle with their INTEGRITY and HONESTY still INTACT. They will be able to think back on the GOOD fight they gave to try and save their homes. Underneath it all, the RESIDENTS of ASHCREEK MHPark are the HEROS in this battle – which has been and continues to be a disgraceful story for the City of Dallas.

Marty Ray
One of Many Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes - C-NOAH

TERMINATION of ASH CREEK MHPark

2006-12-10T19:24:00.000-08:00

LETTER, RECEIVED BY U.S. MAIL
TO ASH CREEK MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS

December 8, 2006
Dear Tenant:
As you are well aware, the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park has been the subject of several legal proceedings in the past year. On December14, 2005 the Board of Adjustment of the City of Dallas determined that the park would have an adverse effect on nearby properties. On February 15, 2006, the Board of Adjustment determined a date for the cessation of the nonconforming use. That date was November 15, 2006. I filed a lawsuit appealing the Board of Adjustment's decision in state court. Due to a procedural mechanism, the lawsuit was removed to federal court, where it remains pending. On June 2, 2006, I was served with a lawsuit filed by the City of Dallas. That lawsuit alleged that there were several violations of the Dallas City Code on the property. At this point, after spending a year trying to resolve the matters, I am financially unable to continue to do so.

Please be advised that the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park will cease operation as February 9, 2007. I sincerely regret that Ash Creek will be closing. I always planned to continued to operate the park. That plan, however, is no longer feasible under the circumstances. This letter shall serve as written notice of termination of the Lease, effective as of 5:00 p.m. on February 9, 2007 (the "Termination Date").

You have a month-to-month lease that is being terminated. Please take appropriate action to vacate the Leased Premises by February 9, 2007. Everyone residing at this address must vacate. You will also need to arrange to remove all of your property from the Leased Premises in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lease no later than the Termination Date. Your Lease provides that I have the right to dispose of mobile homes and other property that you leave on the premises. After that date, you will have no further right to occupy or use the Leased Premises.

Very truly yours,
Steve Crossett
(owner of Ash Creek Mobile Home Park)

Christmas Lights at AshCreek Mobile Home Park

2006-12-03T18:51:00.000-08:00

Jack Loughead, homeowner resident of Ashcreek Mobile Home Park, found these Christmas lights and decorations at homes of his Ashcreek neighbors, up very soon after Thanksgiving. The dreaded Nov. 15 date given by the Board of Adjustments to "shut down the Park" has passed. Decisions are up in the air and in the courts related the MHPark's future.

Santa's reindeer stand bright in front of a home at the AshCreek Mobile Home Park.
(photo by resident Jack Loughead).

Residents of AshcreekMHP decorate for Christmas....trying to find something "Merry" during another holiday season filled with worry about a forced move away from the place they know as home.

CRIME CLAIMS at MHPark were FALSE

2006-08-10T19:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a statement read at the May 18 Plan Commission Hearing; permission was given by Sgt. Dillon, Dallas Police Officer:

"A review of criminal offenses and calls reported occurring in the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park over the last three years revealed nothing unusual or any excessive number of criminal offenses'."
Sgt. R. C. Dillon, #4535Northeast Patrol Division

In the original petition filed to the City against the MHPark, Ferguson Road Initiative (FRI), the Enclave of White Rock Lake, and the Enclave of AshCreek were among several groups that signed a FALSELY prepared petition which alledged the AshCreek Mobile Home Park was a "hotbed of crime." Much of the petition has now been proven to be abosolute exaggerations, including false claims of terrible crime ocurring at the MHPark property.

Several neighborhood leaders wrongly used ALL 911 calls with the MHPark address, as proof of crimes by residents or on the Park property. It has been found that two things were NOT CONSIDERED by these unfair community leaders:

1. Many 911 calls from the MHPark were from residents REPORTING activities of suspicion in the creek and RR areas that surround the Park; these were NOT crimes committed by anyone at the MHPark or at the property. A close reading of the 911 data would have told those preparing the statistics against the Park this information easily.

2. Many 911 reports associated with the MHPark address, were for "crimes" that did not happen on the MHPark property, but at locations nearby without street addresses (the creek, the RR area, or empty lots along Highland Rd). Often the MHPark was the closest street address, and therefore was listed on many 911 calls that did not involve the MHPark in any way.

Those who stirred up these FALSE claims against the MHPark regarding CRIME never looked carefully at their information. However, they worked hard to spread their false information throughout the neighborhood and at legal City hearings. The first hearings against the Park, at the Dallas Board of Adjustments in 2005, proved that even BOA members did not pay close attention to the 911 details either. However, the City Plan Commissioners, on May 18, were not fooled by the overly exaggerated crime claims. And the statement that was read from Sgt. Dillon helped determine the real truth on the matter of Crime at AshCreek MHPark.

C-NOAH (Concerned Neighbors of Ashcreek Homes) has recently been informed that at least two (and maybe more) of the original signers of the petition, have now backed out of that petition and along with C-NOAH and others in the area are backing the Plan Commission's suggestion of a 2 year SUP to allow the owner and residents to do needed upgrades to the MHPark.

FInaLLY, individuals and neighborhood groups who signed on to this false information may wish to do the right thing, and support the City Plan Commission recommendation of a 2 year SUP (with conditions) for the MHPark. The Plan Commissioners - 13 in all - voted unanimously on May 18 to recommend the SUP to the City Council. (At this time City Planners must approve a pending site plan for the MHPark before it can go to the Council).

The least one might do (if they backed the original petition with false exaggerations) is to extend an apology to the AshCreek resident/homeowners of the Park. No one should be proud that they helped spread this damaging information about the good people who live at the AshCreek Mobile Home Park.

If you as an individual or Homeowner's group have questions or wish to extend apologies, please do so by contacting c-noah@sbcglobal.net or saveashcreekhomes@gmail.com

ELECTRICAL UPGRADING at ASHCREEK

2006-07-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

Electric contractor began July 13th to accomplish major work to upgrade highwires, poles and service outlets throughout AshCreek MobileHomePark. The Park is buzzing with work to upgrade the property in accordance with SUP and code guidelines.

New poles are going up, high wires are being raised, trees are being trimmed as needed!

Proud residents upgrade homes at AshCreek

2006-07-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hanging baskets, potted plants and a shady porch make this a really "cool" place at AshCreek MHPark - even on a hot Texas summer day!

AshCreek home with new sky blue paint and gravel drive.

Residents are upgrading their homes & addressing recent detailed code requirements. Hopes are high that the MHPark will remain through an SUP zoning status. City Plan Commission paved the way for the SUP in the May 18 hearing. Owner must submit & gain approval of a site plan. Surveyors began work in late July. City Council must give final approval of the SUP once site plan is complete.

Show support for the residents and the owner's right to upgrade and keep his Mobile Home Park - the "land use" for this property since 1948 has been for a Mobile Home Park! Contact Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes at c-noah@sbcglobal.net and add your name or make a comment in support of the MHPark efforts. Or LEAVE A COMMENT here!

AshCreek MHPark Plants Thrive in Hot July

2006-07-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

The planting of the entrance flower boxes was a joint community project with help from Walton's Garden Center, Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek (C-NOAH) and AshCreek children and residents. Plants include Fountain Grass, Cone Flowers, Sedum, Gaura, Silver Mound, Ephorbia, 3 varieties of sweet potatoe vines and various grasses.

AshCreek MHPark Community Project

2006-06-12T14:26:00.000-07:00

Neighbors and residents joined efforts on May 31 to replant flower boxes in front of the Mobile Home Park. A big job was to remove sandy soil and replace it with good fertile soil!

Dallas Observer, Jim Schutze article - Miracle on Marilla Street

2006-05-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Respect was finally given on May 18th

Read Jim Schutze's article

"Miracle on Marilla Street" - Someone at City Hall Cares!

http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2006-05-25/news/schutze.html

Email Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes

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Resident group at MHPark at

SaveAshCreekHomes@gmail.com

Vegatable Garden of AshCreek MHPark CAN KEEP GROWING!

2006-05-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

Strawberries, tomatoes, squash and okra are growing in this small garden at the AshCreek Mobile Home Park. With the Special Use Permit unanimousily approved by Dallas Plan Commission on May 18, its likely that this garden will be around for a good while to come. Watch this site for an update on the garden and more!

Richard weeds his garden at the AshCreek Mobile Home Park.

Video Series Schedule - When McMansions Attack Dallas - SaveAshCreekHomes!

2006-05-22T19:15:00.000-07:00

Bill taping the Speak Out at City Hall
on April 15, 2006

Below Duane speaks out for fairness and the future
of his home and AshCreek Mobile Home Park!

Residents and supporters of AshCreek MHPark, Dallas City Hall

See video of The Speak Out/Protest-Dallas City Hall,

When McMansions Attack Dallas - Episode 9

5/22/2006 Mon 10:00 pm, Channel 15B or 75
5/23/2006 Tue 9:30 pm, Channel 15B or 75
5/24/2006 Wed 10:30 am, Channel 15B or 75
5/26/2006 Fri 2:30 pm, Channel 15B or 75
5/28/2006 Sun 12:00 am, Channel 15B or 75
5/29/2006 Mon 10:00 pm, Channel 15B or 75
5/31/2006 Wed 10:30 am, Channel 15B or 75
6/2/2006 Fri 2:30 pm, Channel 15B or 75

See other episodes of:

When McMansions Attack Dallas:

Episode 5, The second hearing is interrupted by
outbursts of civil disobedience
5/22/2006 Mon 4:30 am, Channel 15B or 75
5/29/2006 Mon 4:30 am, Channel 15B or 75

When McMansions Attack Dallas, Episode 7
Call-in show on ACORN Radio Hour, KNON. How Dallas
"appropriates" land in the White Rock area, for big developers.
5/21/2006 Sun 12:00 am, Channel 15B or 75
5/22/2006 Mon 3:00 pm, Channel **** 27A ***** (27A is the best of DCTV)
5/30/2006 Tue 6:00 pm, Channel 15B or 75

To comment on video series email: saveashcreekhomes@gmail.com

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PLAN COMMISSION supports an SUP

2006-05-19T06:49:00.000-07:00

On May 18, the City Plan Commission saw a sea of yellow buttons worn by residents and neighbors in support of the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park.

Residents of AshCreek Mobile Home Park, Duane, Melissa and Benito, with sign in support of zoning for a Special Use Permit (SUP).

May 18, 2006, the Dallas Plan Commission voted UNANIMOUSLY to support an SUP - Special Use Permit for the MHPark. This will give the owner 6 months from time City Council may approve to bring the property up to Dallas Code standards. Conditions include fencing, landscaping, open space for playground, creation of stricter "Park Rules" and other improvements.

At the May 18 hearing before the Plan Commission, Eleven speakers and at least 35 supporters were there for the MHPark. The opposition numbers were visibly slim with only four speakers and only a handful of people opposing the MHPark. Those that spoke in opposition did not live in close proximity to the MHPark, whereas those speakers in support of the MHPark (other than residents) lived within a few houses or few blocks from the property.

The Dallas City Council must approve the SUP at a future hearing.

CRIME CLAIMS PUT DOWN! A Dallas Police officer and Crime Watch officer of the area, gave permission for the following the be read at the Plan Commission hearing:

"A review of criminal offenses and calls reported occurring in the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park over the last three years revealed nothing unusual or any excessive number of criminal offenses'."
Sgt. R. C. Dillon, #4535
Northeast Patrol Division

As supporters and residents have been claiming, the opposition has over-stated issues related to CRIME from the beginning of their petition against the MHPark!

The experience of working together has been personally rewarding for many. It shows how important it is to be involved in your community - to always speak when something matters to you, and TRUTH MATTERS!

We were NOT afraid to SPEAK TRUTH to POWER and so far, we have WON for now!

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Petition SUPPORTING Mobile Home Park signed by MANY

2006-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

The Petition below was signed by many individuals in support of a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the AshCreek Mobile Home Park and is part of records for the Plan Commission hearing of May 18. Homeowners living in nearby neighborhoods such as Forest Hills, Little Forest Hills, and Forest Meade signed the petition. Support has steadily grown for the MHPark as more facts have come forward that claims of crime and code violations within the Park have been extremely exaggerated by those opposing the MHPark.

The Petition:

To:Dallas City Plan Commissioners
and Honorable Chair
City of Dallas
1500 Marilla Street, Room 5 BN
Dallas, Texas 75201

IN SUPPORT of the AshCreek Mobile Home Park
RE: Zoning CASE #Z056-183

1. I support approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the owner and homeowners within the Park to meet conditions for improvement & management over a specified period of time.
2. I support a 2 year review of the SUP to see that conditions are met in timely fashion.
3. I support conditions for the MHPark that will insure safe, healthy, and improved living conditions within the “Park”.
4. I support diversity of cultures and housing options for varied income levels in our neighborhood and feel the MHPark meets these goals.
5. I support honest and direct communication between the AshCreek MHPark owner, management, Park residents and neighborhood groups in near proximity.
6. I suggest this parcel of land is fitting for a MHPark, wedged between a creek and a railroad track and within a rural-like setting.
7. I support truth and honesty in all matters related to the MHPark. We are against prejudice, rumor and distribution of false information against the owner or residents of the MHPark.
Sign:

Name.................. Address..............Neighborhood

For more information contact Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes

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MAY 18th Hearing at City Plan Commission - Support the AshCreek MHPark

2006-05-07T14:47:00.000-07:00

Peaceful Dove at the AshCreek MHPark

On May 18, the Dallas Plan Commission will review a Special Use Permit (SUP) proposal for the AshCreek MHPark. The owner & residents plan to meet several conditions to upgrade the Park over a set period of time with approval of the SUP. Neighbors in the area should support this effort. To learn how to help, contact Concerned Neighbors of AshCreek Homes at c-noah@sbcglobal.net . You can sign our petition to Save the MHPark, attend the hearing to stand or speak in support, or write to the Plan Commission.

Should they be KICKED out of our neighborhood?

2006-04-23T05:44:00.000-07:00

Richard and his daughter Susan at the rally at City Hall April 2006

Richard Grahmn, 87 yr old honored WWII veteran, is a resident of Ash Creek MHPark. Along with two daughters and other residents, he will be forced to move out of the Park by November 15. He and the other residents have been labeled a NUSIANCE to the NEIGHBORHOOD!

Richard and 47 families OWN their homes and pay city property taxes, but some of the homes (due to age) cannot be moved. When the City voted in December to shut down the Park - based on false evidence (read about this in our March Archives), the city Board of Adjustments gave ZERO consideration for financial assistance to the Park homeowners who lease the land. NOR DID THE BOA ALLOW FAIR TIME for the residents to make new living arrangements and recoup financial losses. THESE MHPark residents OWN their small homes and are working with the owner to "Save the Park" which is close to work, schools and friends.

Join other Concerned Neighbors in the area at the City Plan Commission Hearing on MAY 18 at 1:30. Show support to allow Park upgrades to be made within a set period of time. Support the owner and the resident HOMEOWNERS of the Ash Creek MHPark. They do not deserve to be kicked out of our neighborhood!

Read further below and in our Archives to see more of this SAD Neighborhood story.

City Hall Protest includes children of the MHPark - April 15, 2006

2006-04-06T18:48:00.000-07:00

Cecilia, 8 yr. old rally speaker, and brother Jose protest efforts to shut down the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park. They go to an excellent school just down the street from the Park.

Ash Creek Mobile Home Park familes, friends and supporters held a "speakout" in front of Dallas City Hall on April 15 to protest a City ruling to shut down the Park by Nov. 15. ACORN organized the event and was there in full support.

The residents of the MHPark OWN their homes and pay City Taxes. Many will not be able to move their homes off the site and the City has offered no reimbursements for any losses!

At the "speakout", an eight year old latino girl, Cecilia, spoke about losing her family's home to big developers. She has already touched the hearts of many with her comments on WHEN McMANSIONS ATTACK DALLAS (MONDAYS at 10 P.M. Comcast cable 15B and 75 Digital ). Speaking in both ENGLISH and SPANISH, this young lady worries about losing her home and her school. What a kid! Her SINGLE WORKING MOM can be proud of her!

Read more in the April archives on WHO Started the ACTION against the MHPARK! Read about the FALSE code and crime statistics used in this case to remove a "legal" grandfathered zoning permit. This all ocurred at a Dec. 14 Board of Adjustments hearing! See more in the Archives of this site.

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ACORN sponsor contact: Allison: 214-455-9115

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Where are the Criminals?

2006-04-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

The residents of Ash Creek Mobile Home Park include families with children, retired seniors, hard working adults. A few upper income people in the neighborhood claim the MHPark is a hot bed of crime! Where are the criminals!

The real crime seems to be coming from outside the Park from those who used false information to bring this City action against the MHPark. Join the newsletter about this issue. Contact saveashcreekhomes@gmail.com

AshCreek Residents Protest Efforts to Shut Down the MHPark

2006-04-02T19:46:00.000-07:00

Residents of the AshCreek Mobile Home Park OWN their homes and rent their lot at the MHPark. They worry about where they will live if the MHPark is shut down by the City of Dallas.

Some have trailer homes that cannot be moved due to age, children fear having to change schools if they are forced to move. Most do not like the idea of living in an apartment. No. 1 - they OWN their homes! Several have animals that apartments would not allow. They love having a small yard and living in this wooded environment.

These residents live and work and go to school in our neighborhood!

Why do we want them removed?????????

If you take our home away.......

2006-04-01T18:00:00.000-08:00

Ash Creek Mobile Home Park residents and the owner are working together to try to save the "Park" that has existed in this spot since the late 1940's

City Plan Commission will listen to a new zoning proposal from the owner for a new Special Use Permit - SUP. Support this effort on May 11 at the City Plan Commission!

E-Mail if you want to help!

2006-04-01T06:03:00.000-08:00

c-noah@sbcglobal.net
Concerned Neighbors of Ashcreek Homes