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January 28, 2008 · Derek

Help A Garden Grow!

Do you remember the community garden at South 10th and M that we featured last year in one of our first videos? Do you have a little bit of extra change underneath the mattresses? Here’s your chance to help grow the garden!

The property to the south of the garden – a narrow strip of land that is being marketed with duplex potential – is now on the market. For a mere $99k, you could give the garden a little bit of room to breathe. Or you could build a duplex… but that wouldn’t be as much fun now.

Listed with Windermere

p.s. Just to remind you, here’s our video from May:

Previously on Exit133 – the video

Thank you, Jake

7 comments

  • jamie from thriceallamerican January 28, 2008

    If enough people pooled their tax rebate checks, would buying this count as stimulating the economy?

  • Jake January 28, 2008

    The 2 lots I sold last year just to the south of that lot went for $170k. Both parcels together were 6,500 sqft which puts the sale price at $26.15 per sqft. I would say offer them $80k for the lot.

  • morgan January 28, 2008

    City of Tacoma or Metro Parks where are you!? You need this!

  • tacomachickadee January 29, 2008

    Wow, when you look at the aerial photo, I think you can make out the circle part of the former “circle garden”. (Back when several plots were part of the garden …) I could be imagining things, and I wasn’t around back in its original hey day … but it’s rather eerie to see the growth pattern in the greenery. I never noticed it from the ground.

  • drizell January 30, 2008

    It’s pretty much a worthless piece of land. The minimum side setbacks are 7.5 feet, meaning you’d only have about an 8 foot wide building footprint. Of course you could try for a variance as well, but there are no guarantees there.

    This is another fine example of how Tacoma’s suburban style development regulations conspire to prevent any meaningful urban intensity development in neighborhoods like Hilltop.

  • Veronica Dykas January 30, 2008

    Has anyone approached the City of Tacoma or Metro Parks? What a wonderful opportunity! It would be a shame to let it slide by. How about a note to the News Tribune to get some interest going?

  • Jake January 30, 2008

    The zoning is Transitional which has no setbacks.

    Lot Area: 0 non-residential, 1,500 sqft per residential unit.
    Setbacks: 0 feet
    Height: 35 feet