Tony, I don't think this issue is steming from a news article.
I have been here before. I sat on the 40th Street Corridor development committee with similar outcomes. Everyone knows about creating quick changes through L&I crackdowns, however it comes about.
Here is a suggested process or approach:
First the corridor manager should contact L & I with the written support of the merchants and familiarize them with the UCD program goals and objectives. UCD should then request a program to educate the merchants on L&I issues and strike a deal for enough time to bring everyone up to code. During this time there should be access to funding to help the merchants achieve their individual business goals while giving them the sense that they are a part of the corridors future.
And this requires a greater comunity role in UCD, of course. From what I can tell, the people running UCD tend to be Penn people and a couple of selected locals from the Spruce Hill area-- and as far as I can tell, there's no formal mechanism for electing people or removing them. Is there any input from, say, those who live south of Baltimore? ----
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