5 Responses to “a dose of reality”

1. posted by Pastor Annie at June 19, 2008 10:53 am :
   

   Redevelopment efforts in Church Hill make it poised to create an alternative community as an antidote to concentrated wealth and concentrated poverty. Redevelopment can include mixed income housing which de-concentrates poverty and the resultant crime associated with urban blight.

2. posted by beth at June 19, 2008 12:28 pm :
   

   And, I fear that as they tear down Gilpin and Dove and other developments, the only place for these folks will have to go will be Church Hill / East End, further concentrating all the poverty in one corner of the city.

3. posted by DJ at June 19, 2008 6:55 pm :
   

   The audacity of you to use a thread about the life cut short of a 14 year old boy as a platform to express your fears of displaced residents of public housing moving into “your” neighboorhood.

4. posted by joseph vermote at June 20, 2008 2:13 pm :
   

   Why are we brigning in from one neighborhood into another?

   Child Savers has been creating problems in the neighborhood by allowing the cliental to loiter at all hours, double Park, as well as disrespecting the neighborhood. The problem is growing and we should conquer the issues before they get out of hand. Trash is being thrown out of cars onto the street, loud music from cars as well as the cliental screaming. Child Savers is not a hang out for another neighborhood. Child Savers has ignored the special use permit by having clients in and out of the building past acceptable hours. Child Savers has not used its authority to let their cliental know they better shape up or else you will not receive services. Child saver needs to respect the rules and set an example for their cliental. Good deeds do not equal breaking the rules. Complaints to the Director go unsatisfied. Action needs to be taken by either Church Hill Association or Child Savers to end problems before they get out of hand. We all have supported many things in Church Hill from the height of the condos on 25th street and fight the development of apartments/condos at the end of broad. Lets come together to let business or organizations know there is no room for the in Church Hill if they can not follow the rules or disrespect the neighborhood.

5. posted by Preddy Ray at July 19, 2008 5:10 pm :
   

   Richmond’s strategy for the past 30 years has been to simply move the poor from one neighborhood to another, or if lucky to another locality (regional cooperation). This has not accomplished much except false statistics touting major reductions in crime. Clearly empty houses don’t commit crimes… The answer to crime reduction lies in blending strong public safety initiatives with equally strong poverty eradication efforts. Richmond politicians don’t seem to have a commitment to such a two pronged approach and without prodding, they won’t. The Yes We Can Town Hall Meeting at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 216 W. Leigh Street, Tuesday July 22, at 6 pm. will offer a forum for this kind of dialogue.

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