Riverhobo's blog

Well my first attempt to get a special exemption, for a micro-conference center and cabin resort, has not been successfull. Now I will have to appeal to the courts and strenghten my resolve. I sit on my local zoning board an adjacent community and really believed this thing would pass without a problem. Needless to say I very disappointed. I hope this doesn't turn into a long drawn out legal battle, I have allready invested 10 years in this project. I am really anxious to get building. Rather than sit around and wait Ive decided to build a 20x20 protype cabin in my backyard. Hopefully that will keep me from going stir crazy why I wait on the zoning appeal process. I anyones interested you can read the following articles in local newspapers regarding round one of my zoning battle: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/connellsville/s_700899.html

http://www.heraldstandard.com/news_detail/article/2809/2010/september/30/dunbar-twp-man-to-appeal-zoning-decision.html 

I am working on a small micro conference center on my property. The property is bisected by the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail ( www.gaptrail.org ) and also borders the Youghiogheny River. The property is adjacent to a campground I sold my sister a few years back. ( www.campriversedge.com ) The Youghiogheny River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youghiogheny_River) has been designated by our state as a scenic and wild river. I am currently having an 8" sewage main ran to the property and hope to begin building this spring.

You can see a google map of my property here: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107359389814451525322.000471c5f6933f0eeaac5&t=h&z=15

Due to a strange business deal I find myself in a situation where I owe the IRS about $40,000 for a paper gain I had. So I have to sell some property. I own approximately 30+ acres in Southwestern PA. The property is more specifically located in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, PA. The location is beautiful. The property fronts the Great Allegheny Bike Trail(www.gaptrail.org) and is next to the Youghiogheny River. The closest neighbor is a campground River's Edge Camping & Cabins(Park Models) I sold that to my sister a few years back. Info @ www.camprefc.com Its my plan to build a log lodge building, log conference hall, and about 18 smaller cabins for trail users. I attended the class back in 2006. Here where Im at now in 2009. I own my land free & clear well except for the IRS. I own a portable sawmill, 955L caterpillar front loader, 580 Case backhoe, and a shitload of construction tools. Im pretty sure I have the deal worked out for my logs. I just need to sell about 5 lots to get on track. Im am hopefull that I can have logs cut this winter and start when the snow melts this spring.

Oct. 16, 2010 UPDATE: Some other things broke loose and now I don't have to sell off any of my 30 acres at least not yet.