Motel is locked up
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 01:06 p.m., April 17, 2008
Updated 01:06 p.m., April 17, 2008
The University Inn, which was drawing code-violation citations from the city on a daily basis for not being properly secured after it was put up for sale, has been secured as of Monday, City Manager Matt Zimmerman announced at Wednesday night’s city commission action meeting.
“So we are very happy to hear that,” Zimmerman said, “and hopefully, it will stay secure. ... Of course, the original violations are still being processed, or being pursued, I should say.”
Violations at the motel included doors to rooms being left open and a large enough gap between the fence and the entry gate to allow a person to squeeze through.
stevenlk (anonymous) says...
What are they trying to do that building
April 17, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ddarbro (anonymous) says...
Why was the University Inn targeted? What about all of the abandoned mobile homes in Heartland Park with windows out and doors open? Children play in these and it is very dangerous. Should Heartland Park receive citations for these?
April 18, 2008 at 7:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
xyz123 (anonymous) says...
Have any of you drove by and seen the huge window missing in the front that was blown out after the wind storm last week? Obvisiouly Matt Z had not drove by the inn before announcing that it is "secure." That for sale sign will just be overgrown with weeds in a couple weeks anyhow so I guess we can focus on that instead of the window & door sitiuation. What an eye soar for ESU visitors when they first get off the interstate.
April 18, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slipandslide (anonymous) says...
has anyone noticed a few houses had been bulldozed? the one in the 1000 blk market thats been empty about 20 years and two behind the doughtnut shop on 11 th and one on merchant?
April 18, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
funston (anonymous) says...
Boy how things have changed!
I used to work as a Bell Boy or Bell-Hop back in high school to pay off my car loan when it was called the Ramada Inn. Everyone thought my father had paid for the new car.
Is was a nice place to work back then, even if I was a Bell Boy.
Yes, it is a shame that it is the first thing that people see when they come to visit Emporia, ESU or William Allen Whites boyhood home.
However, I've been gone to long for any further constructive comments about the situation.
At least the Country Club is still a nice place!!
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
Frank Funston Eckdall
Unix Administrator
Esquire
April 18, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )