Michael Atherton responded to: > > Consider this: Over 200,000 NRP volunteer hours are donated by > > citizens each year towards bettering Minneapolis. > > The total number of volunteer hours do not speak to the value > or the legality of the outcomes.
The point being that the City could never afford to replace those hours and would never be able to draw that amount of volunteerism on it's own. I spoke only of quantity, not quality. > > In addition, neighborhood groups have leveraged $4 for every $1 of > > NRP funds spent, generating more than a HALF BILLION DOLLARS in > > outside investment for development and revitalization > entirely within > > our neighborhoods. > > Do you have a reference for these statistics? NRP Policy Board Neighborhood Representatives-Focus Minneapolis Working Group, "RE: Focus Minneapolis Working Group Report", dated February 24, 2003. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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
