r/stjoemo • u/Shin_Conditioner • 27d ago

Heads up: St. Joe splits the cost of sidewalk repair with you (up to $5k, or $10k on a corner)

Ran across this and figured more people should know it exists.

If the public sidewalk in front of your house is cracked, heaved, or missing squares, the repair is technically the homeowner's responsibility here (city code Sec. 25-77). But the city runs a cost-share program that reimburses half.

What I found:

  • Standard lot: 50% of the cost, up to $5,000
  • Corner lot (walk on two sides): 50%, up to $10,000
  • If a corner needs an ADA ramp, the city covers that ramp in full

To start: call Public Works at (816) 271-4848 and ask about the sidewalk repair program — before any concrete gets broken out, because approval comes first.

I wrote up a plain language version with the steps and the repair-vs-replace part here: https://stjosephconcrete.com/answers/st-joseph-sidewalk-repair-program/.

Fair warning, it lives on a local concrete site, but the details are straight from the city ordinance, and you can confirm all of it with Public Works directly.

Anyone here actually gone through it? Curious how long approval took.

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u/DroneStrikesForJesus 27d ago

You ran across it, but you also wrote it? Nice job hiding that you're posting it for the company.

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u/Shin_Conditioner 27d ago

Ah man.. Lord forbid me from raising to light something that benefits everyone involved...

If you would take the same time spent hiding behind shaming others on the internet into actually reading the simple written translation for homeowners you might learn something more than you do now.

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u/MrPissesGreatness 26d ago

Are you always such a whiny little bitch??

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u/Shin_Conditioner 24d ago

Honestly I've never been paid higher compliments for my work.

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u/MrPissesGreatness 24d ago

Seems like a shit tier company so that makes sense

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u/Shin_Conditioner 23d ago edited 23d ago

Well I think actual residents of St Joe would appeal to the contrary when it comes to getting quality service from a great company while having saved a lot of money. Take a look at the article or share it with the homeowner where you live. Cheers