If Minneapolis is be stonger and more successful city, it must share it's wealth.
EDITORIAL Sears project must uphold civil rights laws By: Pauline Thomas Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 10/29/2003 Many of you may know that our nonprofit organization, the Community Collaborative, has worked actively to ensure equal rights for minorities in publicly funded construction projects. As of this writing, the decision about who will be the developer for the old Sears Building, to be known as the Lake Street Center, is pending before the City of Minneapolis. The Center is a large project � more than one million leaseable square feet. It requires a substantial amount of public funding and will be located in an area that houses a relatively large concentration of people of color. By the time of this publication, the City and its Minneapolis Community Development Agency will probably have selected Ryan Companies as the developer for that site. I am concerned about whether the City has included African American contractors and employees in the development of the Center. The City has a checkered history when it comes to involving persons of color in large construction developments in Minneapolis. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=34030&sID=16 Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
