The Blue Building’s auditorium and gymnasium could be little more than a memory by Christmas. Tri-State Development has 60 days to remove the buildings.McMinnville officials voted last week to pay Tri-State Development $238,800 to move forward with demolition. The price included $9,500 to salvage and stockpile 170,000 bricks and $500 to remove and replace existing shingles.Keith Bouldin, of Tri-State Development, plans to pile up all the brick and allow the city to keep what it considers salvageable, says Alderman Ken Smith.“As I understand it, instead of counting every one of those bricks, he is just going to put all the bricks in one area,” said Smith.
Blue building demolition expected to begin soon