Thanks to Barb Lickness, I've done some browsing in the online NRP site. And it is most interesting. Raises some questions. I was, for example, somewhat stunned to find the Philips allocation at 44 percent. As opposed to Prospect Park which was at 40 percent. Prospect Park I can sort of understand. Where would they SPEND more money on housing? But I would think Philips would be more like Jordan where 97 percent is allocated to housing (recalling that renovation of housing is as much about housing as building NEW housing). Longfellow, where I reside is at 50 percent, with the rest of the percentages seeming reasonable. Cedar-Riverside, it says, puts ALL its NRP money in economic development. Kinda strange. Is their business district that rundown? And none of their houses in need of rehab? Of course, with the U acting as an octopus to tear down housing for more buildings, maybe renovation is a side-issue down there.
Anyway, it is quite interesting how the different neighborhoods come at revitalization in such different ways. One thing seems certain, with housing consuming anything from 0 percent to 97 percent, the percentage of one neighborhood is pretty meaningless. ------------ Jim Mork Cooper Neighborhood Longfellow Community Minneapolis--A Great Self-Renewing Town, My Home __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
