Just In Video is just a memory

Long-standing Estacada business, Just In Video, is closing and will be replaced by Estacada Athletic Arts, with the help of a $100,000 urban renewal grant to make repairs and restore the century-old, historic building.

“I am so happy this is happening,” said the building buyer, local realtor and business owner, Paris Fettig.

“I think this is going to be a good business for Estacada for years to come,” she said at a July 8 Estacada Urban Renewal Agency meeting.

Just In Video has posted on social media that the building has been sold and it is liquidating its inventory of movie DVDs and other merchandise.

The building at 381 S. Broadway was built in 1925 and is listed in Estacada’s historic resources inventory and the Oregon Historic Sites Database.

Fettig will close on the building on Aug. 1, and promises to update the HVAC system, make repairs, paint, put in new flooring, doors and windows and remove and update the awning and signs.

Fettig told the urban renewal meeting she is paying $425,000 for the property.

The Estacada Urban Renewal Agency offers matching grants to property owners to “improve the aesthetics and function of existing buildings and businesses in the Estacada Urban Renewal Area.”

There were no public comments on the urban renewal grant at the July 8 public hearing.

The grant application had some unusual features, which prompted the Estacada Urban Renewal Agency to add a stipulation that if Fettig sells the building within the next two years, a substantial portion of the grant will have to be repaid.

Just in video occupied 381 Broadway for about 30 years, Fettig said in her grant application to the city.

The sellers “admit that 30+ years of deferred maintenance has presented its challenges and the building must change hands for the deferred maintenance to be brought current,” the application said.

Fettig noted the building has not been washed or painted in more than 20 years.

“This project aligns directly with the Urban Renewal goals of visually enhancing the business district, creating pedestrian enhancements, preserving architecture and growing the taxable assessed values,” the application said.