Well, I emailed Rybak with some fundraising ideas. I hope some get off the ground. There are numerous funding streams out there, and any money from any of them would be a help. I don't suggest we offer naming rights for streets (though I, for one, wouldnt mind a few less numbered streets, but it seems so TACKY. Lets see...change Hennepin to General Mills Avenue? We already have Pillsbury, so what the heck. How much would Vicky give to have Cedar renamed Heller Avenue...just kidding Vicky).
---- Begin Original Message ---- >From Steve Brandt's story: ... Rybak told a crowd of 130 at Logan Park in northeast Minneapolis that he won't be able to keep his 2001 campaign promise to fully fund the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). ... NRP director Robert Miller said last week that if his program is cut he'd probably propose cuts in money earmarked in NRP's second phase for top citywide spending priorities, including $16 million for affordable housing, $4 million for commercial street redevelopment and $2 million for the city's youth board. Moreover, he said, if he has to share remaining community development spending with MCDA, then that agency should share with NRP some of the $22.3 million in federal community development money the city gets. ... http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3586642.html David Brauer List manager _______________________________________ 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 ---- End Original Message ---- -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail _______________________________________ 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
