and holyoke also offered him money. but better than that what they did was they said we will give you a property along the canal that's worth $6,000 for free for five years. you don't have the pay any rent. we will build you a new mill. you don't have to put a penny down. you just start paying interest payment at the first of the year for phi years. at the end of those five years, you can buy back the mill and the lot at its original cost. so skinner was literally able to get going again without having to put anything down. they said we will give you an acre of land for free, one on which to build a new home. skipper, of course, moved his old home and relocated to holyoke, but again, property he didn't have to pay for. if he had stayed in skinnerville, he would have had to have beared the burden of every single expense that he was going to incur. this is the first mill that skinner had in skinnerville. incredibly, it went up six months to the day of the flood. >> in holyoke? >> this is in holyoke, yes. and, ultimately,

holyoke also offered many. better than that, they said we would give the property on the canal worth $6,000 for free over five years. no rent. we will build a new mill no penny down just pay the interest payment at the first of the year for five years at the end of the five years you can buy pate back the land in the mill at the original cost. he can literally get going without putting anything down. the city said you give you 1 acre of land for free to build a new home. of course, he relocated the property he did not have to pay for. he would of had to have the burden of every expense you would enter. this is the first mill skinner had it went up six months to the day of the flood. in holyoke. and ultimately skinners mill turned into that. the largest silk mill under one roof in the world. 1874, a success of this scope was impossible to imagine. and what what it would take to achieve that. 1874, skinner thought he was the head of his game. 49 years old, a wife, seven children, a village of 200 growing up aroun

the students have built many of the homes here on holyoke drive. when you drive by it, what do you think? >> i built that. >> reporter: pretty cool. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the building futures program has been putting up houses for 14 years. robert jackson is the foreman. >> it makes them feel like they're on top of the world. i can do anything. i can build a house, stand a wall, pour concrete. there's nothing i can't do if i can do this. >> reporter: and that lesson is priceless. in annandale, peggy fox, 9news. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm a big fan of that program. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. good morning. how are you? >> i loved his positive energy. >> did you see the big smile on his face? >> i love that. >> good morning, howard. >> we had a metal shop but didn't go anywhere. >> that's really neat. >>> weather wise, a much better day. still a touch of fog in areas to our north and west right now. but a much -- but much less fog. we'll see some sunshine. the bigger issue will b

and sure enough at 5 -- 252 hole -- holyoke, two refugee shacks [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] they were going to make an addition to loom over the little house in the front. the house had original windows. c-e-q-a saved this house. there is an addition at the rear which is the same footprint, the same square footage as the old building, but no more. 4 49 [speaker not understood] was not saved by c-e-q-a. they were allowed to lift this house up, put it in the center of a three-story building and add a garage underneath it, triple the size of the building. nobody watched this one. >> thank you. >> and that's the difference between a successful outcome under c-e-q-a as we have it. >> thank you. your time is up, sir. >>> if we can further, it would only get worse. (applause) >>> members of the commission, my name is [speaker not understood]. i think what is before you today is purely procedure. it gives the public two things, especially when it comes to categorical exemption. it gives members of the public notice that something is going to happen so that i

but thanks in large part to new markets, tax credit financing, the holyoke public library is currently being renovated and inowe advised and will provide critical public access to computers and the latest technologies. new market tax credits is a good example of how public and private investment can be used to spur community and economic revitalization. new markets tax credit expired at the end of last year. it's critical that the congress not leave town until we once again extend this program and the opportunities that come with it. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california, ms. bass. ms. bass: i rise to recognize the extraordinary leadership of my colleague, mr. emanuel cleaver, who represents with distinction missouri's fifth district. i want to offer a special word of appreciation for his many years of service, not merely for his constituents, but for his steady commitment to employ the power of his office to ensure our nation is set on a course where we all succeed. as chair of the congressional black caucus, mr. cleaver used his position of lead