[KevinFromTexas]

Web Posted: 03/15/2010 12:00 CDT
Mission is far from accomplished on E. Side

Scott Stroud -

When Councilwoman Ivy Taylor responded to a City Council update on the push for East Side reinvestment last week by saying the initiative “has really been tremendous,” I cringed a little.

She followed with a long list of thank-yous, which is when I started to wonder if a “Mission Accomplished” banner might be hanging in the room.

But Taylor kept going, and soon it was clear that she knows as well as anyone that efforts to revitalize one of the most neglected parts of the city have reached a critical juncture. In fact, the period we're now in may be more important than anything that has happened so far.

It's the lull after the splash, the point where follow-through by city officials — and, more importantly, developers and investors — either happens or it doesn't. If a report is going to land on a shelf and gather dust, this is usually when we toss it there.

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