Interesting column, and one paragraph stood out:

There are other political differences [between Minneapolis and St. Paul].

For example, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program in Minneapolis has turned the 
city into a maze of little neighborhood fiefdoms, each clamoring for dollars for local 
proj ects. Seldom do the activists in these organizations see the city as a whole.

[GDL] Although Grow understandably uses columnistic color to make the point, I think 
it is a good point--the fragmentation that results through the promotion of NRP and 
its neighborhood system.  It's the downside to NRP, and I'd like to see more 
"city-wide" thinking from neighborhood groups in the future.

Gregory Luce
North Phillips (work)


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