It's Show and Tell day today. More Blight Spot photos posted, with the following introduction:

Since 1989, Keep Carbondale Beautiful has been giving monthly "Bright Spot Awards" to homes and businesses that are "looking good." No doubt these awards were well-deserved, and property improvements are made by residents of Carbondale every day. Yet, the "other side of the fence" shows many businesses failing in the city, leaving behind only EMPTY, UNUSED BUILDINGS--and the OPPORTUNITY for some NEW entrepreneurs to start-up their own businesses. These BLIGHT SPOT AWARDS are NOT intended as a put-down, but as a PUT-UP! As in, the City of Carbondale --and Carbondale Main Street--should put up some cash incentives, tax breaks, whatever is needed to get new businesses downtown. Some of these buildings have been unproductive for a very long time. Let's get them occupied and productive again.... EACH PHOTO INCLUDES A TITLE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION..... At present the images are random, not organized according to location. In the future, this page will add a page for each section of the city to make browsing more convenient. But not today.

Click here to see the dozen photos, about another dozen to go.