What concerned me most about CM Bostrom's comment wasn't just the lack of vision, but how one dimensional he views development.
Building retail and residential together does something that big box and isolated retail districts don't do ... they put feet and eyes on the streets, not cars and barren parking lots. This increases safety and residential ownership of the areas where people live. Apartments and condos aren't going to go above a Cub, but they will go above a Big Apple Bagels (something that exists on White Bear), and they will go above a pared down Kowalski's, or another family grocery store, something that is needed on White Bear. Quit designing communities for cars, and start designing communities for people. James Lockwood Payne Phalen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
