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Developer takes on historic carriage houseBy Jennifer HuberdeauNorth Adams TranscriptNORTH ADAMS - When David Moresi returned to the city in 1997 after graduating from Union College, he wasn’t sure what he was going to do. Now, almost 10 years later, he has a clear vision — renovating historic homes and buildings into works of architectural beauty with a few modern touches.From refurbishing Victorian homes to building new ones to converting historic buildings into mini-condominiums, Moresi has grown his business, Moresi and Associates, over the past few years.“I’ve been impressed with David since day one,” Mayor John Barrett III said Tuesday. “If I could hold anyone up as a role model, it would be him. He rehabs houses completely. He’s taken some really blighted houses and turned them into gems. Instead of doing the absentee landlord thing, he’s doing it right and he’s had a real positive impact on several neighborhoods in the city.”Beginning with a single duplex home m 1999, the developer has moved on to bigger challenges — such as converting the former AME Zion Church on Chestnut Street into three condominium units. He also is awaiting city approval of a plan to convert the historic Sanford Blackinton Carriage House on East Main Street into condominiums.“I guess it was in 1999 that I started buying and redoing homes,” Moresi said during a tour of some of his ongoing projects Tuesday afternoon. “The first home I bought was a duplex. I put a lot of sweat equity into it and then I sold it. I was flipping houses before there was really anyone doing it in this area. Now you see all these shows on television about it, but you really have to know what you’re doing. It took me many years to perfect the art of house flipping.”Unlike the TV shows in which people buy a house, update a kitchen and knock out a few walls, Moresi is morePlease see STARTED on Page A10
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