Actually, there are solutions other than removing PEACE House. You could build the same amount of space for Sister Rose into the project--and offer it to her for the money she's currently spending. You could reconfigure it so that your buildings flow around Sister Rose. You could think about it more carefully and come to understand that Sister Rose was there before you and has never been a bad neighbor and, when the neighborhood was falling down, Sister Rose didn't leave. Or, just using the American way, you could grasp that Sister Rose owns her building and does not have to sell. Since the space will not be taken for a government use or roadway you're strictly outta luck. You can't just use eminent domaine willy-nilly. (For example, we--it was SSB who did it-- got Ferris Alexander off the corner of Lake and Chicago by building the State Employment Service there.) I went to visit with Sister Rose once. What I saw was the most vulnerable people around that area. They may have been in recovery or looking for a workable motive to recover, but that was not the problem these folks expressed to me. They had large mental health issues. Sister Rose had meditation there--some came to participate in that. Some came just for a cup of coffee in a welcoming atmosphere--something Sister Rose is very good at. Besides children, these were clearly the most vulnerable folks in the neighborhood. They have every right to be there. As a person who lives right across the neighborhood line for Phillips (South end), who has worked and played and shopped in Phillips for a quarter century, my vote is with Sister Rose. She's an important elder of the community who, lucky for us, has chosen to minister to the most desperate. There isn't a sould in Phillips who couldn't do with a cup of coffee and a visit with Sister Rose and her friends. Yes, housing is important, but Sister Rose is every bit, if not more important right where she is. Sister Rose has developed the patience for her mission, something most cannot do. She's part of the heart of the neighborhood. WizardMarks, Central
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Let's get to the heart: > > Intense concentration of poverty and its attendant social services > breed the very conditions those services seek to alleviate. > Couple that with an unspoken public policy that corralls poverty and > social ills and what is left is a deadzone. > Like any system, a community/neighborhood/city relies on diversity and > adaptability for survival. The deadzone along E. Franklin will > continue to breed addicts and misery until basic, balanced, > social/environmental changes are undertaken. > Please look at the long term: The VERY ENVIRONMENT that Peace House > EXISTS IN AND CONTRIBUTES TO is part of the reason it itself must > exist; a self-fullfilling loop. > Look into Semiotics and Social/Sense theory. What we see affects what > we feel and do; all of us, even the addicts on the street. > As for eminent domain: it's purpose is to serve the greater good. No > one is trying to destroy Peace House; but the logical greater good > neccesitates it move. > There is a balance to be found. There is Always a balance... > Tom Donaldson > Ventura Village _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
