Actually Jim, there was a transitional shelter for women with children who had just come out of treatment in Margarets neighborhood until a few years ago.
It was moved from 38th and Pleasant to 22nd and Clinton. A private music school was deemed to be a better fit for that building than a woman and childrens shelter. That is what Whittier people were told at our meetings on the issue. People in Whittier questioned the wisdom of placing a shelter for women in recovery so near the drug dealing on Franklin and we also questioned the concentration issue. It was this project that was the impetus for Jim Niland to author the quarter mile spacing requirement legislation. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "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! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
