anonyme May 20, 2021 (8:06 am)
Surely you’re not suggesting that 35th Ave is not densely populated enough to warrant bus service? Or that Arbor Heights is some rural outpost – even though the city persists in treating us that way? It is far from unreasonable to expect that the Delridge corridor could have service oh, let’s say, every 9 minutes so that citizens in another neighborhood, comparably populated, could have a mere hourly shuttle. PUBLIC transit should be available in an equitable way.
Mickymse May 19, 2021 (12:38 pm)
It must be amazing to live in Jort’s world… where he simply states things authoritatively that have no bearing in reality whatsoever. Generally speaking, I actually agree with him on lessening our use of and dependence on cars, but the way he talks about things often sounds like someone who’s been down a YouTube burrow or wrapped in crazy conspiracy theories. To cite just one example, requests for improvements to Delridge have
Hennepin County approves record $17.1M for affordable housing projects
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(FOX 9) - Hennepin County approved $17.1 million to support 27 affordable housing and development projects, the Board of Commissioners announced Wednesday.
According to a release, the board, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, approved the funding Tuesday. The awards represent more than double the amount of county funding available for affordable housing as recently as 2018.
Officials say the 27 projects are expected to help create or maintain 2,270 units of housing, including 1,550 affordable units, of which 360 will be affordable to households with the lowest incomes earning less than 30% of the Area Median Income, or about $31,450 for a four-person household.
Ashby, North Berkeley BART housing developments aim for affordability
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A $53 million housing investment around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations was approved by Berkeley City Council. According to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, Berkeley has a memorandum of understanding with BART to reach “35% affordability at both sites.
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Berkeley City Council approved a $53 million investment in building housing around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations to ameliorate the city’s long-standing affordable housing crisis.
BART will leverage this investment to secure greater federal and state funding for the project, Rebecca Saltzman, vice president of the BART Board of Directors added.
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Waiting for donuts at Glazed Over. The city of Beacon didn t quite know what to do when the first food truck arrived on its rapidly changing streets five years ago. The city was wary about granting permits in worries that it would lead to food trucks parked up and down Main Street. So the two young CIA grads who ran the Beacon Bite bought a vacant lot on Main Street and parked their truck on it. They planted a community garden on the lot and painted murals, including a smiling alien above the slogan KEEP BEACON WEIRD, a riff on the infamous slogan KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD.
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Kirkland Mayor Michel Gibson is confident there will be some type of public parking available once the REM light-rail station is fully constructed near the RioCan Centre along Highway 40.
Gibson said discussions are taking place between the major stakeholders, including the Broccolini Real Estate Group and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, who are partnering to redevelop the RioCan site with a massive residential, commercial and office complex.
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Currently, there is no park-and-ride option allocated for the Kirkland REM station which is slated to be operational by 2024.