<div>Friends and neighbors,</div>
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<div>I just wanted to update you on the progress of removing the burnout at 5413 Riverdale Road. At long last the county has granted a demolition permit this morning, and the town followed suit within the last hour. </div>
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<div>It is my understanding that the contractors are ready to begin and should start within a week or two. </div>
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<div>This has been one of the more frustrating experiences as mayor to get this demolition permitted--3 months to OK the demolition of a building that was decreed not fit for humans to ENTER even before the fire!</div>
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<div>Hopefully it is about over now and we will no longer have a ugly burnout confronting people entering town from the east.</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>Vern<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vernon Archer, Mayor<br>Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland </div>