To respond to Richard Anderson's post regarding the MPRB and Loring Park; I wonder why they're spending this money for offices in the shelter building, when that wasn't identified as a high priority for the neighborhood during the first phase of the NRP. The Loring neighborhood worked hand-in-hand with the MPRB for the redesign of all aspects of the park (which turned out very well, thus far). The entrance to Loring Park at Lyndale and Oak Grove was seen as a high priority, but the MPRB said they didn't have the money. The same is true of the pedestrian crossing from the Greenway to the Berger Fountain in Loring Park; again this was a much higher priority to the neighborhood than offices, etc, at the sheltor building, and again the MPRB said they didn't have the money. Shouldn't they be spending this $1.2Million on the things the residents of the neighborhood considered a high priority, instead of something the residents rated as a low priority?
-Bob Copeland Loring Park On 20 Aug 2002, Richard K. Anderson wrote: > Well, it's been awhile since I've made a few comments about how much money > ($1.2Million) the MPRB plans to spend to renovate the shelter building in > Loring Park. Construction we are told will begin this fall. > So, what's the big deal about MPRB spending money to build an office for > themselves? If they are willing to spend this much money to renovate a > building that has little community use, what's a few million more for office > space. > The neigborhood organization and the Capitol Long Range Improvement > Committee (CLIC) has asked the MPRB for a document that we assume the MRPB > would have done to justify the expense of the Loring renovation and > expansion into an "Arts Center". Not ever produced by the MRRB to date! > I guess that we all should just assume that the MPRB spends money as it sees > fit regardless of "community concern" and leave it at that. > So where are the good fishing holes? > Richard Anderson > Loring Park > > _______________________________________ > 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 > Bob Copeland and/or Greg Staler [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ 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
