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Old Posted Jan 17, 2008, 3:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelB View Post
Doubt the developer is really giving anything up!
I don't see it happening if they don't have to.

The article asks a really good question : Roma principal Jana McCann said that the report was not intended to limit the debate and that decisions on which groups and income levels to target would be addressed in the next phase of the plan, for which the city has allocated $600,000. "The community may say we need to subsidize families downtown," McCann said. "We haven't made that decision. That's part of what the next phase of work is answering: Who are we trying to subsidize with affordable housing? Is it families, seniors, musicians, artists, government workers, the homeless, service sector workers — who is it?"

What about tech workers now that Silicon Labs is moving downtown? They are making less than cops these days, not much more than teachers. What about those poor secretaries slaving away for all those lawyers? Man, this is got to be a tough question to answer. I think the study is going to require more than another .6M to complete this answer, and possibly some subsidized housing downtown so they can feel the downtown vibe and really understand it
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