tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post7600313389156790018..comments2023-11-05T04:34:10.303-05:00Comments on The Naked City: Devlopers, JCSU want city money for catalyst projectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-86420316838265837002011-04-07T12:58:19.063-04:002011-04-07T12:58:19.063-04:00Last I checked, we live in a political economy. O...Last I checked, we live in a political economy. Or a capitalist society with significant governmental influence. If you want a totally free market, then let's toll all highways.<br /><br />But pragmatically, public sector can stimulate or support private sector actions. And realistically, it takes money to make money.<br /><br />Surely, we can afford to spend a little in the core (where the return is higher per dollar), when we keep spending plenty around and beyond the outerbelt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-14346610850527616792011-04-06T16:33:59.086-04:002011-04-06T16:33:59.086-04:00JCSU and the private developer can come up with th...JCSU and the private developer can come up with the money for the project if they needed to. Just like everyone else, they will look for the free handout first. <br /><br />The West trade corridor is seeing positive development just at a much slower rate. We don't need to spend tax dollars to push it along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-40240273879252355582011-04-06T16:26:51.152-04:002011-04-06T16:26:51.152-04:00The total cost of this region's turnpike proje...The total cost of this region's turnpike projects (multiple BILLIONS for Monroe and Gaston By-Passes) could fund the completion of 485, its widening, and extending light rail to the University Area.<br /><br />And yet people complain about the waste of a few million on economic development in an area where infrastructure already exists?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-67043756188043284412011-04-06T15:24:10.179-04:002011-04-06T15:24:10.179-04:00Sure why not spend the money. Let's build any...Sure why not spend the money. Let's build anything and everything. We should build a giant rollar coaster around the 277 loop. That would be so much fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-45675465572530029072011-04-06T08:07:03.856-04:002011-04-06T08:07:03.856-04:00When saying that South Blvd. looks like a war zone...When saying that South Blvd. looks like a war zone, please separate out the effects of the past 3 years of a bad economy from those caused by the light rail directly. Many parcels along the light rail line are sitting vacant/idle because a developer owns them but either cannot get financing to develop them or because there is not enough of an profit likely in the foreseeable future (ie, short term) to make developing them now worthwhile. 3-4 years from now, perhaps the economy will have improved to the point that development is now viable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-42049765286813042942011-04-05T20:41:56.824-04:002011-04-05T20:41:56.824-04:00South End has seen millions of dollars worth of pr...<i>South End has seen millions of dollars worth of private investment – new building, rehabs, new business.</i><br /><br />Have you driven down South Blvd lately? Have you seen all of the vacancies, all of the businesses that have closed after being open for 20+ years, all of the vacant lots?<br /><br />The net effect of the light rail on South Blvd has been a wash, minus the several hundred million dollars that Mecklenburg County taxpayers have been forced to cough up. There's some new development, sure, but it's balanced out by the fact that the rest of South Blvd looks like a war zone.<br /><br />So let's please STOP talking about how great it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-42149523876735127042011-04-05T19:13:09.460-04:002011-04-05T19:13:09.460-04:00City Fair comes to mindCity Fair comes to mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com