In a message dated 9/24/02 8:57:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There are also huge indirect costs such as lost tax revenue from areas that > were converted from tax paying property to public roadways and decreased > property values in areas adjacent to high volume roadways. These costs for > regional transportation roadways are not borne equally by all either. The > most heavily used roads - the "attractive corridors", as MNDOT calls them, > are all in the central city neighborhoods. Keith says; We know the hyper-concentration of Nonprofit group homes, halfway houses, et. al. in the core cities is an unfair burden that should be shared Countywide and beyond, for so many good reasons. Please think of the losses sustained by our inner-city neighborhoods; wedged between the freeway walls and the institutionalized halls. Keith Reitman NearNorth _______________________________________ 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
