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Originally Posted by Vlajos
Englewood Square is a good example of what the City can do and a good example of TIF working. That strip mall is definitely good for the neighborhood, but it hasn't materially made a difference. At the end of the day, Englewood is still in decline with high crime and population loss.
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A far cry from your original comment:
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Government can help, but in the end, it is the profit motive that is best for investment. There is very little the City of Chicago can do to help Englewood.
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How can you claim it hasn't made a material difference? How many local residents are employed by Englewood Square? How many are eating healthier because of the new options available? You don't know the answers to these questions and neither do I.
Will this one development save an entire neighborhood, no. Then again, nobody ever claimed it would. It has, however, proven that private investment will follow public investment even in places like Englewood. Ranting about socialism (or trying to conflate it to communism, like Baronvonellis) doesn't really help anyone answer any of those questions and certainly doesn't help the people living in Englewood today.