At 04:47 AM 2/6/02 -0800, Gregory Luce wrote: >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.
EY: I would also. However I don't believe being patsy's holding the bag on a stadium boondoggle is an example of "citywide thinking." Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ 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
