Thank you for this Ryan. I appreciate the deeper diving that follows the money. I’d honestly love to have a deeper conversation with you on the complexities of something like this that highlight different angles as well. I also wish to recall to mind some of these details as I notice waterfront devlooment in the city. I know that the ‘fr…
Thank you for this Ryan. I appreciate the deeper diving that follows the money. I’d honestly love to have a deeper conversation with you on the complexities of something like this that highlight different angles as well. I also wish to recall to mind some of these details as I notice waterfront devlooment in the city. I know that the ‘friends..’ group is also directly associated and driven by people pushing for more green and connected clean air spaces in their community. Certainly these pushes are driven by different factors from high and ideal to simply committed to keeping the space available for development that supports the community a tad more even if not perfect. It is an interesting reality that historic environmental pollution and/or things like the lack of shade and walkability are often associated with industries and developments arising in spaces where people do not have a voice or the time to share their voice.
Following the money is a needed task that my hands do not always enact as is ideal. I hope this piece sheds light for local leaders to guard and encourage the development of their community with an eye to conflicts of interest. I think this write up hints that the entire ‘friends..’ organization’s push against the casino is led by this driving factor of someone making cash. Thats not the full tale, full stop in my opinion. Its certainly more complicated than that. Its also important to highlight these cross connections.
I am someone in environmental management both endlessly annoyed with NIMBY pushback based on view point evolutions of an area only while I’m also endlessly wishing for more thoughtful planning alongside the community in early development processes. I have not a model in mind thats perfect for development. But I do know we need to share the loads of industry, housing development, open spaces and community input in our community physical spaces, and we need healthy doses of transparency and uncomfortable collaboration to drive development and retrofitting projects forward.
Thank you for this Ryan. I appreciate the deeper diving that follows the money. I’d honestly love to have a deeper conversation with you on the complexities of something like this that highlight different angles as well. I also wish to recall to mind some of these details as I notice waterfront devlooment in the city. I know that the ‘friends..’ group is also directly associated and driven by people pushing for more green and connected clean air spaces in their community. Certainly these pushes are driven by different factors from high and ideal to simply committed to keeping the space available for development that supports the community a tad more even if not perfect. It is an interesting reality that historic environmental pollution and/or things like the lack of shade and walkability are often associated with industries and developments arising in spaces where people do not have a voice or the time to share their voice.
Following the money is a needed task that my hands do not always enact as is ideal. I hope this piece sheds light for local leaders to guard and encourage the development of their community with an eye to conflicts of interest. I think this write up hints that the entire ‘friends..’ organization’s push against the casino is led by this driving factor of someone making cash. Thats not the full tale, full stop in my opinion. Its certainly more complicated than that. Its also important to highlight these cross connections.
I am someone in environmental management both endlessly annoyed with NIMBY pushback based on view point evolutions of an area only while I’m also endlessly wishing for more thoughtful planning alongside the community in early development processes. I have not a model in mind thats perfect for development. But I do know we need to share the loads of industry, housing development, open spaces and community input in our community physical spaces, and we need healthy doses of transparency and uncomfortable collaboration to drive development and retrofitting projects forward.