The videos displayed below showcase a Neighborhood Revitalization project which took place in Raleigh, NC.
The project which is actually an example of President Obama's "Promise Neighborhood" plan, was launched to uplift Raleigh's poor communities which of course is an excellent way to deter crime and encourage Economic Development.
Its too bad that in Charlotte, NC only the wealthy areas and one poor district gets any attention, when it fact there are 4 extremely low income corridors in Charlotte (East, West, Southwest, Northwest). These 4 corridors have been neglected for decades.
Its sad and ironic how Charlotte-Meck. Gov't officials/ leaders (Black leaders too) continue to raise property taxes of homeowners in these 4 low income corridors while investing very little to NOTHING in these communities!
While Homeowners who reside in Charlotte's Wealthiest communities haven't had a Property Tax Increase in 6 years, however still receiving the best city/ county services!
This proves that Charlotte-Meck. Gov't officials/ leaders are engaging in Public Corruption and are intentionally trying to build Charlotte on the backs of its Low-Income & Middle Class citizens.
Rather than invest in equal, viable Economic Development for Charlotte's East, West, Southwest & Northwest corridors which will lower crime rates and poverty in those communities, Charlotte-Meck. Gov't Leaders would rather build more jails to lock up the residents in those neigborhoods.
Of course these corridors are heavily populated by African-Americans and Hispanic citizens.
Perhaps this explains why Charlotte-Meck. Officials never want US Census Bureau workers going into these communities to ensure that those constituents are counted.
This act of Injustice is wrong on so many levels!
This is also obviously Unconstitutional and a direct violation of Civil Rights for citizens who live in those corridors.
Thank God several local citizens are now working to get the Federal Gov't involved in the task of investigating Charlotte-Mecklenburg County's Unfair, Unconstitutional Taxation system.
Thank God these local citizens are also reporting to the Obama Administration that the Stimulus Money allocated to Charlotte, NC is not being invested in East, West, Southwest (including Nations Ford & Arrow wood rd) or Northwest communities.
Constituents who reside in Charlotte's East, West, Southwest & Northwest corridors have an equal right to live in "Promise Neighborhoods" too.
New Leadership is badly needed. See you at the polls.
(An introduction to successful housing revitalization in six neighborhoods in southwest central Durham, NC. The project is a collaboration between the neighborhoods and local nonprofit developers, including Habitat for Humanity, Self-Help, Durham Community Land Trustees, SWCD Quality of Life Project, with support from Duke University. Part I)
(Part II)
A new master plan for Charlotte?
North of uptown, a bridge on Matheson Avenue now overlooks a bustling rail yard, including the Amtrak passenger train station.
In the future, the Amtrak station will relocate to uptown and other parts of the rail yard will move to the airport, leaving 70 acres of land for redevelopment.
Brainstorming what to put on the property and other areas across center city is the focus of a ten-year master plan that leaders kicked off on Tuesday.
The new 2020 master plan is a joint effort between Charlotte Center City Partners, the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, which have pledged a total of $750,000 for the project. They've hired MIG Inc., a California firm that has worked on downtown plans for cities including Los Angeles, Dallas and Denver, as lead consultants.
Organizers hope to present a final plan by the end of 2010.
The study will look at future development in uptown and 16 surrounding neighborhoods including Dilworth, Optimist Park and Wesley Heights.
Some residents, like Charles Jones of the Biddleville-Smallwood Community Organization, say they applaud efforts to include more neighborhoods in the master plan. Jones lamented that there has been little to no development near his neighborhood just northwest of uptown. He said he hopes leaders will work with residents to help change that.
The planning comes at an unstable time in Charlotte, including lingering questions about the future of the city as a banking center and the delay or scrapping of commercial and residential projects. Some may question whether now is the time to develop a long-term construction plan.
But officials involved with the 2020 plan say the current changes across uptown and elsewhere in the community could be a boon to their work.
“With all that change…you have a new reality on which to build,” said Michael Smith, president of Center City Partners.
Daniel Iacofano, a principal partner of MIG, said the team will work to understand Charlotte's assets and strengths and “start to work more aggressively toward the opportunities that we have here unique to Charlotte.”
At Tuesday's kick-off event, several speakers noted that many ideas in past plans – including some that grew out of earlier neighborhood or development plans – have been implemented. Among them: creating an area plan for Second Ward and buying land for a Third Ward park.
There have been some hiccups along the way. For example, a planned redevelopment of the county's Hal Marshall building on College Street from the 2010 plan hasn't been completed. Leaders said it's possible some ideas from the 2010 plan could be pitched again in the new master plan.
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Sources: Charlotte Observer, Center City Partners, MIG, Wikipedia, City of Raleigh-Durham, Habitat for Humanity, Self Help Credit Union, Whitehouse.gov, Policy Link, Organizing For American, Youtube, Creepygif.com, Google Maps
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