I'm providing another link to the Upper River Master Plan summary that may be more helpful to people - the link is long, so you should probably copy and paste it into your web browser.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/planning/planpubs/above-falls/index .html#TOC Hopefully, seeing the summary and illustrations will help people better see the area in question and where Scott Vreeland's comments are coming from. It should also show that Dyna Sluyter's concerns are rather baseless, especially the concern about housing demolition. How would you have to demolish homes in an area where there are few (if any) to begin with? The increased tax revenue Dyna questions would come from the construction of the 2,500 new housing units envisioned. The jobs Dyna scoffs at would come from the mixed-use developments planned at Lowry Ave (Lowry Plaza) on the west side and at the Grain Belt site, the latter of which is already underway. The plan envisions a shift away from heavy bulk-material-handling industries to light manufacturing, back office, research facilities, riverfront hospitality and entertainment venues. As to Dyna's concern about having little input on the plan, that would probably require pulling oneself away from the police scanner long enough to actually go out and participate in a meeting. Mark Snyder Windom Park (59A) _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
