Residents of Near North and Willard Hay,
Come and view the work plans created by your neighbors. Bring neighbors
with you this is a 1.8 million meeting!! The committees have done a
great job and food will be provided.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
7pm -9pm
Franklin Middle School
Scott Moore wrote:
snip
What's all this I hear about a missing $80,000? Where did the money
go? Seeing a dollar amount in red ink with a minus sign in front of it
might be alarming. It has been stated in this forum a couple of times
that the Changes in Fund Balance amount of -$82,023 did not
Chris Johnson writes:
If the money is spent, but not
reimbursed, as the writers freely admit, then where did the cash come from?
Which account or other purpose was raided to spend it? It's not like someone
lost a pocketful of change and it was covered from petty cash. $83,000 is a
lot of
So how much do the board members of LNA get paid? Oh, they're volunteers.
Wouldn't it be crazy to put the responsibility of a $400,000+ budget in
the hands of a board president, a single person, working nights and
weekends without pay? Anyone who has served or is serving on the LNA
Board of
I encourage Minneapolis residents and neighborhood organizations to review the
June 27, 2005 actions taken by the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP)
Policy Board. Phase II plans were approved for Jordan and Hale Page Diamond
Lake as was a major plan modification for Northeast Park.
The
Neighborhood Revitalization Program Phase II
Planning Meeting
Tuesday March 29, 2005
7-9 pm
Lincoln Elementary
2131 12th Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-668-2800
Come and help prioritize strategies
to better
Near North and Willard Hay neighborhoods
Please reserve your spot by March
: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:33 AM
To: mplsforum
Subject: [Mpls] NRP
Not much changs here. It seems that Victoria Heller,
the North Oaks critic who loves to hate everything any
Minneapolis ruling body does is still using faulty
logic and gross generalizations to steer away from any
authentic
Not much changs here. It seems that Victoria Heller,
the North Oaks critic who loves to hate everything any
Minneapolis ruling body does is still using faulty
logic and gross generalizations to steer away from any
authentic solutions to problems that never strike her
in any way but in the bank
Michael Atherton said:
If we assume 70 neighborhoods spent NRP dollars over ten years and did so in a
way that keep them just under
the $50,000 threshold for a full audit
But...
He misses the point that the audits done when less that $50,000 was spent in one year are NOT a euphemism for
no
Folks, I won't tolerate such direct communications involving another
member. If you need to address another member, send it to them
off-list.
Personal attacks are simply not tolerated here. You must speak to
issues and not people.
And please, don't respond in kind.
David Brauer
List manager
Jim Mork (Resist America) writes:
I hereby inaugurate a Quit Minneapolis Now.
And don't try to partition the 13th Ward into a
separate Republican city,e either. I wouldnt be at
all surprised to see state Republicans do such a
thing!
Lee responds:
Jim did not attend the most recent meeting where
Just to add a little clarity to this discussion:
The NRP funds flow through a variety of sources. The first requirement by law
is that NRP funds flow through a governmental jurisdiction. CPED is the
contract manager (CM) for housing and commercial development projects. Hennepin
County is the
NRP is an independent agency from the city. It is a joint powers agreement
formed by the State, County, City, School Board, Library Board and Park Board.
The program is legislated by state law and regulated by the NRP Policy Board
whose membership is elected on an annual basis.
I would be
Barb Lickness
Said:
By the way, NRP represents 1% of the total city budget. Seems like NRP has
been given the lions share of analysis and discussion regarding it's
worthiness. Perhaps a discussion about how the other 99% is being spent
might be productive.
Read a book once that suggests
to the
community.
Brian J Hanf
Crystal
-Original Message-
From: Barbara Lickness [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:35 PM
To: Brian Hanf
Subject: Re: [Mpls] NRP, as larger budget topic?
Well Brian I have used my two posts for the day. You go right
Michael Atherton wrote:
If I understand this correctly, then contractors who receive
less than $50,000 a year do not receive full audits, THEN
what is the dollar amount of funds that have been released
without full audits in Phase I? If the NRP has tight accounting
procedures then this
If people want to see how the NRP money was spent you can go to www.nrp.org and
print a report for yourself. Click on the globe in the bottom right and create
a report. Every dime of NRP funds that have been allocated, contracted and
expended by neighborhoods is available on-line at any time.
Mike said
Fact: There are several different types of audits. The type
of audit required of NRP contractors only checks that required
documentation exists, it doesn't confirm the accuracy of that
documentation. The NRP orders full audits of contractors only
when there serious doubts.
Me:
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Mike is wrong. There are two types of audits. Those
neighborhoods receiving less than $50,000 a year are audited
for financial compliance. In other words, do they follow
standard accounting practices. Do they keep a general ledger?
Do they have financial policies
Michael Atherton asked:
So, I believe that my neighborhood association received $2M+ in NRP funds, but
they did not receive full audits
in every year of the program.
In answer:
I was President of PPERRIA for three years during which we were expending much of the NRP-1 funds. Barbara Lickness
is
As a Policy Board member, I was pleased to receive a Memorandum dated January
19, 2005 from NRP Director Robert Miller certifying
that the Office of the State Auditor has again issued an unqualified opinion
on the Policy Board's financial statements. According to Mr. Miller's
Memo, This means
Seward is the first neighborhood to go through the NRP Phase 2 approval
process.
We go before the NRP policy board Monday Oct. 25, 4:30 at the Hennepin
County Govt. Center C-2350. We have gone before the management review team two
times and have been recommended for approval.
It is really
Scott Vreeland of Seward wrote:
snip
City leaders say they will be more forceful this time around. Deputy
Mayor
David Fey said the city has had the authority to review and shape NRP
plans
But, they haven't used it. It is not new that the city has that
authority, he said. It is new that they
NRP Phase 2
We are in this all together and my criticism of the CPED Review about Seward
NRP planning is really an attempt to prevent bad planning without
neighborhood involvement. Communities are more than housing projects.
Part 2
The CPED review of the Seward Neighborhood Phase 2 plan
On Saturday morning, October 9th at 11:00 am, there will be a dedication
of the new Webber Park Playground, 44th and Dupont Avenue North. This
event will celebrate the installation of the newest and most innovative
Tot Lot in Minneapolis.
The equipment, imported from Germany, provides an
Fred Markus: I have long advocated to the mayor and others that having so
many individual staff operations at the NRP neighborhood level has become
fiscally unsustainable...
Vicky adds: You are correct Fred, but it's worse than you think.
Minneapolis is up to its eyeballs in debt and
The agenda and accompanying staff reports for the May 17, 2004 NRP
Policy Board Meeting have been published.
You can find them on the NRP's Web site at:
http://www.nrp.org/R2/AboutNRP/PB/PBAgenda2004/PBA20040517.html
Comments on any of the items are welcomed on or off list.
I and other list members attended the third precinct meeting about how to
write neighborhood action plans for requests from the NRP Million dollar Police
fund.
I see some good things happening out of this but I just can't help noting how
truly odd this process is.
I don't know which is the best
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I and other list members attended the third precinct meeting about how to
write neighborhood action plans for requests from the NRP Million dollar Police
fund.
I see some good things happening out of this but I just can't help noting how
truly odd this process is.
I
fyi
Forwarded Message begins here
The Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Policy
BoardÝactions forÝFebruary 23, 2004 have been published. You can
findÝthe marked agenda on the NRP's Web site at:
Could you please forward the following link to the Minneapolis Issues List:
http://www.nrp.org/R2/News/NewsArch/2003/20031121.html
The link will take people to the NRP Web site where they can obtain
information regarding the results of last night's NRP Policy Board
Neighborhood Representative
The Neighborhood Revitalization Policy Board meets next Monday
Monday, November 17
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Hennepin County Government Center
Conference Room C-2300
These meetings are open to the public. Please feel welcome and encouraged to
attend.
I am expecting to see three things (among
From: Cam Gordon, NRP Policy Board Neighborhood Rep.
As a Neighborhood Representative, I offer the following about what is happening
at the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Policy Board. Since my last
report in July we have had two Board meetings and a great deal has happened.
I am
Are the scholarships below really an effective
expenditure of NRP funds? The course description
says that students will learn conflict resolution.
What good is this to an organization that refuses
to recognize the rights of residents and whose
grievance policies are nothing more than internal
Anyone who wants to attend the Community Leadership
Institute offered by St. Thomas University can do so
WITHOUT the signature of the neighborhood association
board chair. That is not a required element of the St.
Thomas application process.
However, if the applicant wishes to recieve the
But it's still functions of the city/county/state shilling for wealthy
St. Thomas.
WizardMarks, Central
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Anyone who wants to attend the Community Leadership
Institute offered by St. Thomas University can do so
WITHOUT the signature of the neighborhood association
board
NRP Policy Board Election Set for November 20 -
Candidate Filing
Materials Now Online
The process for the election of neighborhood
representatives and alternates for seats on the 2004
NRP Policy Board began on August 20. If you would like
to file as a candidate, please download the necessary
I received the following letter and think it is very important to pass
along. To save NRP we need to have as many people as possible notify their
City Council Member, and if possible attend the August 4th 1:30PM City
Council meeting. The compromise amended Lane Resolution will help to do
that.
Dip into city's federal funds, policy board members say... Council president
Ostrow says that's doubtful.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4000354.html
David Brauer
List manager
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If you don't like what's being
We actually did more than this in our recommendations.
The Policy Board spent a great deal of time yesterday discussion the future of
NRP and approved several recommendations for the Council. These were strongly
supported with only three members abstaining (Ostrow, Fey and Mullory). I
It appears most residents who took time to attend the several public
meetings and to complete the survey in person, online, or by mail strongly
support continuation of the Minneapolis NRP.
Jeff Strand
Shingle Creek
From the NRP web site:
On Monday, June 30, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program Policy Board
will
vote on Council Member Ostrow's proposal to allocate $1 million of its
Phase II
funds to a reserve fund for community oriented public safety activities.
I am probably going to vote against this but I would
--- Karen Forbes wrote:
NRP is about improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
[TB] I'd always thought NRP was centered around
maintaining/improving the quality of the housing stock which is why
over half of the money is required to be spent on housing/housing
related items.
On Monday, June 30, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program Policy Board will
vote on Council Member Ostrow's proposal to allocate $1 million of its Phase II
funds to a reserve fund for community oriented public safety activities.
So far the feedback from neighborhood groups has been mixed
NRP needs money we know,
Say our Mayor and Council with woe,
But there's a zinger,
Our TIF's in a wringer
So it's back to the budget we go!
Vicky Heller, North Oaks
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If you don't like what's being discussed here,
NRP has empowered the people.
Power shouldnt stay up in the steeple.
It makes citizens feel
their decisions are real.
Mes hopin the council will keeple.
Barb Lickness
Whittier"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,it's the only thing
That's a best-case estimate from City Councilmember Barret Lane about what
can be generated for the final phase of the program. Nearly a third of that
money comes in the final year, 2009.
Comments?
Steve Brandt's story is at:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3921976.html
David Brauer
List
List member Ann Berget noticed the head on my article in the paper this
morning: Funding shrinks for neighborhoods
Does anyone out there know if psychiatry is an allowable NRP expense?
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If you
Steve Brandt wrote:
List member Ann Berget noticed the head on my article in the
paper this morning: Funding shrinks for neighborhoods
Does anyone out there know if psychiatry is an allowable NRP expense?
If there is you might want to check for other
unconscious influences. For instance
List member Barb Lickness probably knows the authoritative answer, but it's my belief that anything not specifically outlawed by NRP statutes is in fact allowed, even shrinks, if that's what the neighborhood residents want. Dunno about meds, though. That could be an ongoing and operating expense,
Here is an alternative to the way Steve Brandt wrote the NRP
article..
The NRP intended to raid the general fund of $400 million over 20
years. Neighborhood activists have already spent $200 million.
Since Minneapolis abused Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and found
itself with skyrocketing
Yes as long as the county was the contract administrator for the activity.
Barb Lickness
Whittier"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
Do you Yahoo!?
Free online calendar with sync to
RE:
a proposed change to the City Ordinance that established the NRP will be
discussed.
Ann Berget asked:
What City Ordinance is that? NRP was not established by a city ordinance,
but rather it was enabled by state legislation and then activated by a
joint-powers agreement of city,
In a message dated 6/4/03 7:03:58 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a proposed change to the City Ordinance that established the NRP will be discussed.
What "City Ordinance" is that? NRP was not established by a city ordinance, but rather it was enabled by state legislation
I want to make sure that folks are aware of a series of important meetings that
are coming up regarding the future of NRP. I am not sure if all this
information has made it to the list yet. I hope we get a great turn out.
Here is the press release: (meeting dates, times and locations below)
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
On 3/23 Michael Hohmann, Mpls, wrote: I don't appreciate all this blatent
promotion of Edward's book, which I assume you wrote, on the mnforum.
On the same day I received an Email similar to other queries I have received
requesting more information about it. Actually, I took the information
Steve Brandt is correct in his article about the Black and minority
community welcoming a plan to create affordable home-ownership. I sometimes
believe the politicians and developers look at Black people, and Native
people, as a permanent underclass to be exploited as renters and with
poverty
To: Steve Brandt; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: [Mpls] NRP vote; Shame of a Council
Steve Brandt is correct in his article about the Black and minority
community welcoming a plan to create affordable home-ownership. I sometimes
believe the politicians and developers look at Black
(in Chapters 5 and 17). I commend them to everyone.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
gemgram
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 6:53 AM
To: Steve Brandt; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: [Mpls] NRP vote; Shame of a Council
Steve
PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:
17:06 -0600Subject: [Mpls] NRP Housing IssueGreetings,I have been involved in the production of low-income housing for over 25years. As much as anyone, I understand the need for low-income housing andshare the passion for production of new
with a program that
makes them eligible for Wells Fargo financing, on the taxpayers' dime.
Tom Welling
Uptown
--- On Fri 03/14, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
From:
[mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:
17:06 -0600
Subject: [Mpls] NRP Housing
Issue
Greetings,
I h
You have missed the purpose of this program. While I
cannot speak for Commissioner McLaughlin, the
recommended program is not mortgage insurance. In
fact, one of the benefits of the new program is that
the guarantee helps borrowers avoid having to pay
mortgage insurance. MI can add a lot to the
Re: The NRP affordable Housing Home Ownership
Assistance Proposal
Sorry for the long post
I almost never write so I took
the liberty.
I am speaking as the Redirection Neighborhoods Rep, a
position I take seriously as do the others who worked
on this proposal. We have tried hard to talk to folks
Message -
From: Barbara Lickness [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Anderson Turpin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund. Some questions?
Just to clarify here. The NRP affordable housing fund
were funds pulled out
Jim Graham wrote:
This was an example of Neighborhood representatives joining with elected
Hennepin County Officials to create a program to give people SUSTAINABLE
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. It complies with the very heart of NRP. It
uses
a small amount of public money to leverage over 20
Just to clarify here. The NRP affordable housing fund
were funds pulled out of the proposed Phase II NRP
funding pool to a centralized decision-making process
during the time Sharon Sayles Belton was the mayor.
That policy was intended to dedicate $4 million a year
to affordable housing for a
We appear too busy fighting over the solution and the process to step back
and remind ourselves what the problem is.
For years, we have all believed that the Affordable housing crisis is caused
by a lack of housing. However, this assumption has proven false over the
past 12+ months. We are
Bill Cullen wrote:
3.) Asking who and how can people live on $7.00/hour?
Vicky applies a pencil:
I calculated the Net Take Home Pay, after taxes, assuming a 40 hour work
week, for a single person with no dependents. People with children would
receive approximately 25% more because of the
Two questions for Jim G. and Cam G. concerning this (because you were there)
and then a comment:
1. Were the NPR Policy Board by-laws regarding process for this type of
proposal violated in the way this came to a vote? No matter how you feel
about the idea, if it was rammed through without
I believe this was just the method that was used to originally create the
set aside monies. I believe Gretchen Nichols might have even been
involved in that process. Gretchen possibly has forgotten that fact? Or
perhaps her intent was for the money to be used for something other than
helping poor
First let me note that as a new NRP Policy Board Rep (Revitalization) I greatly
appreciate the NRP discussion(s) on this list. I believe that they will play a
positive role in the future of NRP.
I was the lone neighborhood representative voting against the resolution to set
aside 2 million
The City Council and Mayor need to realize that the Rental Housing
Shortage is over. The Affordable Housing Shortage is NOT. The rental
vacancy rate is presently 6.7 % and expected to reach 10% this year. Giving
$60,000 subsidies to build an affordable rental unit is not meant to help
the poor.
===
Gretchen Nicholls, Center for Neighborhoods, 612-339-3480 submitted through
the list manager:
Message: 4
From: List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:57:55 -0600
Subject: [Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund
Cam Gordon sez:
(snip) I believe that the NRP was established, in part, to foster
neighborhood-based planning and the development of neighborhood-based
solutions to the concerns and problems found in those neighborhoods. NRP is
based on neighborhood empowerment and making spending decisions is
In a message dated 2/27/03 2:17:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Re:Sole vote against funding 'pop-up'
proposal)
I did so not so much on the
merits of the program but on principle and because I did not think an
appropriate process was followed. Let me explain.
In a message dated 2/27/03 6:34:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, PennBroKeith
writes:
I went to The List Archive, to remind concerned individuals of another NRP
gathering that ***threw*** a bunch of money into a sack. And without a lot
of '
due diligence'
Keith Reitman NearNorth
And people say the MCDA is rogue.
Jill Harmon
Cleveland
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund/Pop-Fly
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:34:12 EST
In a message dated 2/27/03 2:17:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL
Forwarded with permission of the author. - David Brauer, list manager
Greetings!
I sat in disbelief Monday night as the NRP Policy Board voted 6 - 3 to
approve a request to reassign $2 million of the $4 million dedicated to
affordable housing to a mortgage insurance program that was handed out
-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
List Manager
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 6:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund
Forwarded with permission of the author. - David Brauer, list manager
Greetings!
I sat in disbelief Monday
So can someone tell us names of the NRP reps who voted for this raid of
the housing funds? They need to be contacted about the displeasure of many
as to their actions. Voting on a $2mill proposal on the same night it is
presented leaves a lot to be desired.
Annie Young
East Phillips
At 06:57
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List Manager
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 6:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund
Forwarded with permission of the author. - David Brauer, list manager
Greetings!
I sat in disbelief Monday night
The following is the full text (from what I have in fax form) of the NRP
Resolution adopted on February 25, 2003. If you would like it in PDF
format, please e-mail me offlist. I'll let the weakness of some of the
findings speak for themselves. Gregory Luce/Project 504
. Several recent
I also sat in disbelief when the NRP Policy Board approved the two million
for the guaranteed loan program. I could not believe that the Board would
be so wise that it would take such an action. Especially in the face of
elected City officials who might have made commitments to political
Dont all NRP Policy Board decisions regarding
allocations of funds have to be approved by the City Council?
I know that all of the neighborhood action plans had to be
approved by both bodies before they took effect.
Maura Brown
Harrison
image001.jpg
I know Prospect Park is the straw that stirs the drink, but I want to slowly
back away from that dispute into a more generalized NRP discussion.
Caveat: I know NRP Phase II is in jeopardy. I think there's a huge public
policy question about this that I hadn't realized until Michael's recent
posts
I appreciate Steve Cross's explanations and interpretations and want to add
my own for the handful of people likely left reading the thread and all its
geeky lawyer (i.e., myself) mumbo jumbo.
Let's talk bucks. Call them NRP Bucks, Nerpy Bucks if you will. Let's say
we get 1 million Nerpy Bucks
Gregory D. Luce wrote:
I agree with David Brauer and Steve Cross that the 52.5 percent is logically
interpreted as city-wide (or, more accurately, program wide), and I also
agree with David Brauer that neighborhoods who are poo pooing the percentage
requirements are shortsighted and hedging on
All:
Sometime back, I said that I thought that the statute creating the NRP was
clear. It did authorize spending by neighborhoods beyond just housing.
In response, Greg Luce said that he didn't think it was all that clear and
that there was language that required NRP dollars to be spent just on
I don't believe political parties are the same type of non-profit or
citizen participation programs that Barb is referring too. Tim, you are
mixing apples and coconuts here.
And how soon we forget the Rapson, Belton convention. But,admittedly, the
longest ones tend to be the state conventions (of
Bonham ; mpls-issues
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:16 PM
Subject: [Mpls] NRP isn't so bad!
I don't believe political parties are the same type of non-profit or citizen
participation programs that Barb is referring too. Tim, you are mixing
apples and coconuts here.
And how soon we forget
Anne Young is correct in her description of the problem with NRP. It is not
a problem of citizen participation. It is a problem of who gets to make
decisions about development and dollars. Neighborhoods sometimes decide
that they wish to correct a blight problem and spend NRP funding to that
NRP Participation: Has anyone ever looked at whether renters generally have stable
addresses. My guess is that most of them do not. The mechanics of renting encourage
settling for something short of what you really want. You give your notice from an
unsatisfactory place and then have a
Jim Graham wrote:
Barbara Lickness is absolutely correct. In fact Michael
Atherton could not be more wrong, and if he had been active
at any level with NRP he would know this.
I have been active in the NRP, although not during plan
development. I think that it's fair to say that at
Barbara Lickness wrote:
As the NRP staff person assigned to Prospect Park I
would like to respond with the following:
The 52.5% housing expenditure mandate is on the
program over the 20 year period. NRP has NEVER
required or dictated what each neighborhood spent
individually on housing in
On Tuesday my local NRP contractor will oversee
a budget reallocation meeting. This meeting is
designed to reallocate approximately $600,000 in
Phase I money that was originally budgeted for
housing. There are a number of proposals as to
what to do with this money many of which have
nothing to
Michael writes:
Do children receive
equality in educational opportunity when poor neighborhoods
need to spend NRP funds on housing and while better off
neighborhoods can add their funds to their community
school budgets
I believe Whittier, not a rich neighborhood, spent mucho bucks on their
David Brauer wrote:
Is there actual data beyond our limited neighborhood anecdotes?
This is philosophical and policy question, not primarily an
empirical one. I was presenting an example to frame the
question, not to present statistical evidence. However, it is
clearly obvious that at least
Michael writes:
I never make the assumption that rich neighborhoods spent
more on schools (for all I know they could spend it on
indoor hockey arenas instead of housing), I was just proposing
that it was possible that rich neighborhoods might be in a better
position to. I was really rising
As the NRP staff person assigned to Prospect Park I
would like to respond with the following:
The 52.5% housing expenditure mandate is on the
program over the 20 year period. NRP has NEVER
required or dictated what each neighborhood spent
individually on housing in Phase I of NRP. While some
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