residents ( homeowners/taxpayers ) in that new little area being added on to
Ward 5 that is being debated here.
This battle is really about fighting for development rights and which ward
will have those rights along a "banana" and the impound lot with future
development along Bassett's Creek.
It's about a train storage transfer station vs. mixed use development, parks
and trails along Bassett's creek leading into the Mississippi River.
This is one of those redistricting battles that gets really sticky and
gooey... with a whole bunch of "isms" in the way. This is a development
political battle - not a democracy voice for the people and best for the
community battle.
There are some people in Harrison and Bryn Mawr trying to work together and
do some great things for the entire area but the challenges by others boils
down to the same old, same old - Power and Control of land use.
As a matter of fact there are quite a few people interested in naming the
area West Minneapolis, there is new development coming to Glenwood Ave.,
there is a new great restaurant called "Sparks", and the next 5 years could
prove to be very exciting in the last undeveloped area of the City. And
most of us want to work together and Occupy West Minneapolis is springing
forth. Is it fair that Ward 7 gets to use the demographics of north of the
creek for their proposed planning - or is it the right of those north of 394
to Olson Highway to get to determine what is best for their community as a
whole and together?
A personal opinion,
Annie Young
East Phillips