-clip- Message: 6 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:54:21 -0600 From: "wizardmarks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Pickle Seeds
It was important for the health of Phillips that there be an influx of higher income people quickly. Portland Place and SJI provide that. -Jana Metge responds: As a Phillips resident for many years, our block clubs have been working with East Phillips to create Affordable Housing opportunities. We figure that hard-working folks working 40 hour weeks at what some call "livable wages"...$6-$10.00 per hour is around $20,000 a year...before taxes. Let's see Metro Median is around $70,000 I think was a figure I once heard, tho' I'm not exactly sure...that makes most of my neighbors at 28%. Anyway, we are working hard to figure out funding sources there are to write down housing opportunities so that we do not displace Phillips residents and continue to support the folks who live and work there. I'd say the bigger question is when do we identify a "livable wage" at a livable range...anyway.... The original Phillips plan called for revitalizing without displacing.. it is very tricky when you want to enhance the economic health so that you can support the businesses.... I wonder how the Mercado is doing...? There seems to be lines of folks in there daily when I am in there....many times I run into my neighbors. I'd say, ask Juan Linares and John Flores...obviously they have discovered what works. Also, if you read the Family Housing Fund booklets...they talk about who are the people in our neighborhoods and what is the average wage of grocery store employees, school aides, artists, the foundation of our communities. I for one, will always continue to support and advocate for my neighbors and friends and everyone I know around me who is struggling to survive in this 2001 economy...but are hard-working and want to live in Phillips. I love my neighborhood and would protest, just like Robert did, if there was an action to displace any of my neighbors who had invested and been there for years. -Jana Metge _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
