>Approximately 2 years ago, Walt Gutzmer and David Piehl came up with the
>idea of Artist Housing on this site (on 2nd Ave. between Lake and 31st St.
>along with several of the houses on the west side of 3rd Ave. S.) They
>received $50,000 of public money through CNIA, which they had control of.
>They selected Artspace to be the developer of the project. They then
>conducted a survey amongst area artists, but failed to include any people of
>African-American or Hispanic descent in their survey. Coincidentally, this
>area is predominately comprised of African-American and Hispanic people. A
>feasibility study was also done and results showed artist housing would not
>be a favorable option for the area.
Yup, rather than dealing with the merits of the proposal, Basim starts out
by essentially calling Walt Gutzmer and David Piehl racists.
snip.......
>There are several other benefits of adding the hotel to this location. It
>will provide over 25 jobs.
Low level service jobs..... Will these jobs lead to careers?
>Remember that central neighborhood is demographically a majority of people
>of color, but during the leadership of Walt Gutzmer and David Piehl, the
>inclusion of people of color was suppressed.
Yup, here it comes again--the racial demogogery that is poisoning Central.
Basim should provide evidence of this statement......
I also think it's interesting that Tim Connally posted on this topic after
being asked to do so by Basim Sabri.
Eva
Eva Young
Central
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