Rick Copeland who owns Thor Construction has done numerous large projects for the City and County and he is an African American. He built the addition to the Convention center and is doing a large part of the Hollman project among many others.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: [Mpls] Sears project must uphold civil rights laws > 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. > > Recent history shows that the City, in order to > attract a large Canadian development firm to build > the Minneapolis City Center, agreed in writing that > the firm could discriminate in constructing the site > and the City would not enforce anti-discrimination > laws. During the period 1986-1996, the City > sponsored more than one billion dollars worth of > development with no documentation showing that > any of this was shared with African American > contractors or other contractors of color. > > http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=34030&sID= 16 > > Shawn Lewis, Field Neighbhoohd > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > Search Smarter - get the new eXact Search Bar for free! > http://www.exactsearchbar.com/ > > 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 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
