INC NEWS - INC-list Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2

[Jim Tuttle]

That's the Durham I want to live in.

Jim

> Melissa,
> 
> I have a thought on topic of curbing development, but not on current water
> crisis.
> 
> There may be a better and much more effective way to slow new development?
> 
> What if folks were encouraged to, and then applauded for, re-developing
> disadvantaged parts of our city? We already have roads, sewer, utilities,
> etc in these areas. In other words, re-developing does not require the
> infrastructure that developing does.
> 
> Demand drives supply. If boarded-up homes were fixed up, perceptions of
> public safety were brought in line with reality and folks just simply
> believed in our older neighborhoods, folks would fill them back up. With
> folks filling up these homes, they will not buy new homes and the developers
> will slow their building. And,... instead of building new homes, they could
> turn their resources toward re-developing?
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Ken Gasch
> 
>