Pauline Thomas levels serious charges of racial discrimination today against the NRP in her Spokesman-Recorder editorial piece.
http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=21048&sID=16 Neighborhood specific examples of discrimination are not presented, why not? Reading this left me with more questions than answers so, as someone with no experience in neighborhood organizations or NRP, I went seeking information. I found neighborhood summaries on the NRP website listing the amount of phase one funding allocated for each neighborhood, including census demographics. http://www.nrp.org/R2/Neighborhoods/Summary/NbhdSummary.html However, I don't see any breakdowns of projects funded by phase 1. How was the 6.7 million spent in Jordan? What about the 18.2 million in Phillps. How can we examine specific spending patterns to evaluate these allegations? I'm wondering if any list members have experience with NRP that supports Pauline Thomas' position? If so, what specific obstacles to involvement were encountered? Ms. Thomas sums up her position with this: "We are well aware that unless the city significantly reforms NRP, the program will never reflect the neighborhoods� populations with respect to low-income people of color, and particularly renters." What reforms might be necessary to remedy this problem? Do they need to be enacted by the city, or would individual neighborhood level reforms be sufficient? Conor Donnelly WaitePark _______________________________________ 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
