Michael A. asked
>
> >Who you gonna chose: the NRP or the public schools?
and David B. offered a reponse, including the line
> I believe this is an overly dire and overly certain conclusion.
I agree that the state's tax reforms should be of concern to us all and I think
we ought to be advocating enough flexibility with Tax Increment Financing so
that Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) funding is not cut as well as
ensuring that our schools get the funds they need...but I do not think it is an
either or situation.
Sometimes the two even go together.
Many, many neighborhoods throughout the city have been deciding to do both. Time
and again folks have chosen to use NRP funds to help public school projects and
the community's own initiatives to support the schools.
That is one of the beauty's of NRP. The neighborhood is empowered to spend
money on what it determines to be of the most value. Repeatedly, neighborhoods
in Minneapolis have decided that public schools are among those things.
Cam Gordon
for Minneapolis City Council, Ward 2
Green Party/Labor Endorsed
914 Franklin Terrace
Mpls. MN 55406-1101
(612) 332-6210
http://www.camgordon.org
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