Published: May 13, 2008 11:25 am            

Tour of homes

By Brad Hicks | Staff Writer

Nestled directly above the Alley Stuff store on Main Street is the apartment of Schann Mobley.

Several visitors remarked that they never thought an apartment like hers would be right on Main Street, in downtown Corbin.

“This is very downtown living,” Mobley said. “I have no grass. I live on a roof.”

The 2008 Downtown Living Walking Tour took place Saturday giving residents an opportunity to take a peek at some of the apartments and homes in downtown Corbin. Not all the homes on the tour are quite as close to Mobley’s apartment, but all are within a quick walking distance of the downtown area.

The goal of the tour is to bring attention to the benefits and advantages of living in the downtown area. Not only were occupied homes on display, but homes on the market were open to public viewing.

“There’s a lot of beautiful homes downtown,” said Corbin Main Street Manager Sharae Myers, whose home was also part of the tour. “Downtown offers a lot.”

Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney said the proximity of his home to the downtown area is a huge plus.

“We love living downtown,” he said. “You’re just so close to everything. I just like being in town. It’s just so much more convenient living downtown.”

Some of the homes on the tour were not occupied, but still open to public viewing. Rodney Woods with Woods Reality was on hand to show off a home on Padgett Street that is for sale. Woods said besides convenience, living downtown and within the Corbin city limits has other advantages.

“You have the city services that you don’t have in the counties,” he said. “All the city services bundled together are a big advantage.”

Most of those who showed their homes work with the public in some fashion, and Myers said it was a treat to have the public interact with the homeowners.

“It was a pleasure for me to invite the public into my home,” Myers said.

        

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