Chicago southsiders fighting against Obama Library

[melonpecan]

Fighting for a neighborhood you're renting in is crazy? The landlord is the community. You're just passing through. This is good for the folks that own houses and have been there for years. Cash out and move south and come back to visit. We will never generate wealth like this. If her rent is affordable why isn't she saving to buy property in the down market?

Finally someone said it!

I get the gentrification and taxes concerns. What I'm sort of confused about is if this is not to be a library but a community resource center, (for lack of better words), then how is this a problem? I'm not going to sit here and cape for the man - I'll be very unbiased. But from my view I have someone who worked in community politics, knows what certain things can do to help or impede a project, deciding not to do a thing thinking it would be un-incombersome and more inclusive. If i was a renting gal in that area, I'd see three choices: look into buying; look into moving; or look into the services at this center that's being built that would help me if everything that is speculation comes true.

This man could have decided to build this thing anywhere. Why is it such a problem he wants to go home? Or to attempt to help the people back home he helped before? I don't understand why people are so content on not accepting change in the community. Well, good change. That has yet to turn over statistical data.

 

[trstar]

Finally someone said it!

I get the gentrification and taxes concerns. What I'm sort of confused about is if this is not to be a library but a community resource center, (for lack of better words), then how is this a problem? I'm not going to sit here and cape for the man - I'll be very unbiased. But from my view I have someone who worked in community politics, knows what certain things can do to help or impede a project, deciding not to do a thing thinking it would be un-incombersome and more inclusive. If i was a renting gal in that area, I'd see three choices: look into buying; look into moving; or look into the services at this center that's being built that would help me if everything that is speculation comes true.

This man could have decided to build this thing anywhere. Why is it such a problem he wants to go home? Or to attempt to help the people back home he helped before? I don't understand why people are so content on not accepting change in the community. Well, good change. That has yet to turn over statistical data.

Cosign

Can you imagine the uproar if he had chosen Hawaii ? Shit, the hoteps would have gone crazy. So he naturally chosen Chicago, folks still ain’t happy. Yes, his footprint will cause changes. It will make your neighborhood more “attractive” and thusly more expensive.

 

[Shadow22]

Cosign

Can you imagine the uproar if he had chosen Hawaii ? Shit, the hoteps would have gone crazy. So he naturally chosen Chicago, folks still ain’t happy. Yes, his footprint will cause changes. It will make your neighborhood more “attractive” and thusly more expensive.

Nothing wrong with that . That's positive progress its 2018 folk should have known this was coming. This ain't 1990s Chicago.

 

[Mr. Met]

O's team is putting out damage control.

 

[cnc]

O's team is putting out damage control.

I know the owner; good dude and P and S gets a lot of the MBWE work in Indiana and Illinois, on top off a lot of other major projects; they’ve been on the ground with this project since day one.