In Whittier, we spent nearly $2M on affordable housing. Most of this housing is occupied by persons of color.
The Whittier School which was non-existant before NRP has a population of well over 90% people of color. The renovated Whittier Park building which was virtually empty (except for drug dealers) prior to 1995 primarily serves youth of color. The bookmobile which was done as a Whittier NRP project and augmented by funds from Prospect Park NRP. The circulation for the bookmobile has been primarily either public housing locations or youth serving organizations. In fact I just saw it this morning on my way to work at the Childcare center on Park and 28th St. This agency serves primarily children of color. In Elliot Park, the East Village project has a large number of residents of color. The store the neighborhood purchased and rehabbed was purchased by and is still run by a Somolian immigrant. In Phillips we know that nearly $10M dollars was allocated in the plan to serve people of color. Based on the remainder of the plan, it would certainly be fair to draw the conclusion that many people of color were also served by those strategies as well. Substantial NRP funds were given to the Anderson Family Resource Center. This center serves primarily families of color. There were many social service agencies that recieved NRP funds in the Phillips plan. In Longfellow as we speak a major renovation is occuring to buildings on 27th Av. and Lake St. NRP funds were used to help with this renovation. The businesses in these buildings are primarily occupied by persons of color many of whom are first generation immigrants. If someone pulled all the information related to the NRP projects and the populations that were actually served with the expenditure of NRP funds then conclusions could be drawn with factual statistics and not conjecture based on a persons limited experience with the NRP program. Barb Lickness Whittier NRP Staff ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
