I guess we could argue over the meaning of "hurt," but there is real hurt to poor people in being displaced, even if that displacement comes at the hands of development, no matter what you call that development (urban renewal, revitalization, mixed-use development, mixed-use mixed-income development, workforce housing, etc.). I ask this of any development in Phillips (and maybe there is a positive answer): how many of the folks displaced are guaranteed one of the new housing units? Now, to be completely fair, my question applies to the all developments, whether it is Franklin Portland Gateway, Many Rivers, Village in Phillips, or Collaborative Village Initiative.
What's happening in Phillips is gentrification--not uniformly, but certainly it is gentrification. My hope is that more than lipservice is given to displacement of low-income tenants as a result of the increasing development. Gregory Luce Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) Mark Wilde wrote: >I have been hearing this argument about >"gentrification" more and more lately and i want to >stop it in its tracks. > >This is a load of crap in my opinion. > >I agree that the suburbanization of Minneapolis is not >a good idea, but the argument that new mixed use >development somehow hurts poor people is really >short-sighted in my opinion. > _______________________________________ 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
