>From: ken avidor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Mpls] McLaughlin on how to get "big things" done.
>Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:48:53 -0500
>
> From a statement by Peter McLaughlin on the Midtown Community Works
>web site:
>
>http://www.midtowncommunityworks.org/petermclaughlinp.html
>
>"The only way to get 'big things' done is
> through strategic partnerships. Through
> many initiatives I have learned that it is
> essential to mobilize the strengths of the
> public and private sectors, and the
> community. It takes a clear, bold vision,
> workable strategies to make the vision a
> reality, and a deep sense of optimism in
> the face of barriers and cynicism. The
> Midtown Community Works Partnership
> is a great example of such a strategic
> partnership.....
>
> ....Even in this prosperous time, many
> communities are not effectively
> connected to the economy. Revitalizing
> our south Minneapolis neighborhoods
> require reconnecting them to the broader
> economy. We can do this with
> infrastructure, like the Hiawatha LRT
> line, the Midtown Greenway, new freeway
> access to and from I-35W, and new
> improvements to Lake Street that will
> help to reconnect us to the regional
> economy."
>
>Avidor- Prosperous time? And who exactly are the barriers of cynicism?
>
>*******
>
>From another man who liked to build "big things"...
>
>"You can draw any kind of pictures you like on a clean slate and indulge
>your whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra or
>Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis you have to
>hack your way with a meat axe."
>
>-Robert Moses, City Construction
>Coordinator for New York, 1964
>
>*******
>
>Ken Avidor
>STRIDE
>Kingfield
>
>
>
>
>
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