Housing, aging, and health care planning are functions that the Metropolitan Council has taken on as part of it's core mission. When I worked there the buzzword that you couldn't avoid was "life-style" housing or planning.
What do we hear about such things today from the Met Council? They are very preoccupied with a transit strike. Quel domage! David Wilson Loring Park On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, David Brauer wrote: > Interesting, non-Mpls-specific story in the Strib today about how, > statewide, the number of preschoolers are dropping while the number of > oldsters is rising. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4654710.html > > It brings up a natural re-use for soon-to-be-shuttered Minneapolis > schools: as senior housing, or mixed housing with a large senior > component. > > My sense is that many city neighborhoods don't have enough workable > alternative housing for seniors who wish to remain there. Is it logical > to suggest that many schools could naturally help solve this problem? > > David Brauer > Kingfield > > 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
