Oh my Stapleton; you've sinned again
https://denverite.com/2019/11/21/a-new-a...of-government-led-plans-for-east-denver/
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Rename St*pleton for ALL member Kim Brewer noted that Stapleton, which was developed with an urban redevelopment area, now has high median home prices and few people of color among its residents nearly 20 years after it was conceived.
“We will not allow this to become another Stapleton,” Brewer said.
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Originally Posted by CherryCreek
I was taken aback by this quote in the Article:
Brenden Greene recently co-founded the East Colfax Community Collective to give people who aren’t white a megaphone they don’t have through RNOs, in part because a lot of people don’t speak English. Some speak Congolese or Burmese, for example — languages you don’t often hear at RNO or City Council meetings.
“One of the biggest problems by far is language justice,” Greene said. “Sometimes the bill for translation is 400 bucks a night.”
So if you speak only Congolese, and immigrate to the United States, and want to attend a City Council meeting (or a RNO meeting) then you are deprived of "justice" if a Congolese translator isn't provided (presumably at city/RNO expense)?
Interesting view.
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I don't subscribe to the conservative talking points about "assimilating" and being able to speak English fluently for first generation immigrants. But most immigrant communities have offspring meaning most households have bilingual kids capable of interpreting things.
Let's see if we can complicate things even more.
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Greene said the group will meet separately but also participate in the East Area Plan’s public process, including attending Saturday’s meeting. They want to develop a list of demands that will call for things like adding affordable housing, expanding programs like Section 8 vouchers, supporting the area’s immigrants and refugees, and providing assistance for the disabled.
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Now square that with this statement.
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“I personally have concerns about the increased taxes, the promises of low-income housing that cannot be fulfilled and overall increases in the cost of living that will displace our residents,” Henderson said.
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This sounds like anti-gentrification, anti-development aside from more low income housing.
Perhaps (in my best Elizabeth Warren voice) there should be a 25% property tax surcharge for people living in Stapleton so we can keep taxes low for the East Colfax crowd but provide more housing for the poor immigrants. These immigrants may be happy as a lark but some white people believe it's not good enough and the residents of Stapleton should pay up.
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Among other concerns, Greene and company worry new development will erode the area’s culture. Nebiyu Asfaw, of the Ethiopian American Development Council, said the neighborhood contributes to Denver’s overall identity. It is among the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the city;
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I have zero problem with diversity; in fact I totally enjoy it. If the city wants to promote through zoning protection an area for immigrants that's fine. The diversity is likely more interesting than a bunch of shiny new mid-rise apartments anyway.
Pick your poison.
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Agreed; although the quality of that rendering isn't the best. But a full block means a squarish development. 
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