New transmission tower on Paris Mountain?

[Lib]

A Paris Mtn clean-up day is a great idea! Tell me where to sign up.

[benjamesriddle]

If we got a big dumptruck and some corporate help, we could beautify our Greenville Icon!

[Galley]

Sign me up!

[Lib]

Just looking at the pictures, I can't really tell much except that it's a mess. If anyone has been up there recently, what kind of materials/equipment would a clean-up require? paint? permission from the property owner (DOES anyone own it?) a trailer to haul the junked cars away? what else?

I'd love it if this clean-up actually took place. It's too beautiful a place to leave this way.

[benjamesriddle]

I think first, Greenville County or the City of Greenville should be notified, and be asked if such of a clean-up could be assisted by the city, and then go on to contact the land owners, if there are any anymore.

[GvilleSC]

Maybe this could be a UP community service project...

[benjamesriddle]

Yeah, a clean-"UP"!

[crescentmoon]

I think first, Greenville County or the City of Greenville should be notified, and be asked if such of a clean-up could be assisted by the city, and then go on to contact the land owners, if there are any anymore.

[benjamesriddle]

I know, but it could be a city "Go Green" community project.

[GVLbikeNboard]

That old car is on the same property that the burned house is on I think...there's also a barn/shed down there. That house needs to be torn down...it's absolutely useless just sitting there and I doubt anything could be done to save it.

[GVLbikeNboard]

Curiosity got the best of my friends and I. This was over two years ago, wow...

[benjamesriddle]

Those are some scary pics! That doll head looks like something from a horror movie!

[whitehourseview]

If it is an owner negligence issue, the county can force a property owner to clean up the property, via citation, similar to a private property owner being given a citation for having an unhealthy property. It probably depends on what the property is zoned for.

I wouldn't go and organize a private clean up, on someone's else's property. You would probably need residents of the surrounding area to complain to the police department, and then attempt to cite whoever owns the land, if possible.

Lots of variables here...

[Lib]

If I'm assuming right that this is the correct piece of land, it looks like SC State Commission of Forestry owns it, and has since 1943!

[GVLbikeNboard]

Well that's weird, I wonder how long that house has been sitting there, then...

[crescentmoon]

May I suggest a letter writing campaign as a starting point? If this is indeed the property of SC State Commission of Forestry then a multitude of letters to them may get someone's attention. Write members of our legislative delegation ... your own representative and senator, as well as whoever represents this area. A letter or two to the Greenville News may also be noticed. You could also try directly contacting a reporter ... they are always looking for new stories. I suggest making note of a reporter who normally covers this area, as the GNews assigns reporters by area, and contacting him/her. You might also try the Journal, but in my opinion the News has more effect on our legislators.