[Summit] Comp plan proposal -- what do you think

[Greg Gerritt]

That is the key question.  Thanks.  greg

 

From: Summit <summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us> on behalf of Elizabeth Grossman <eggbdk at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, June 7, 2024 at 2:32 PM
To: "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
Cc: Summit Neighborhood <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Comp plan proposal -- what do you think

 



So what, if anything, do you all  think the neighborhood as an entity should advocate for; and when; and who would do the advocating?

In my experience it is really hard to prevent unwanted things from happening through individual voices. I have tried on various occasions. 

My position:

I agree of course that we cannot let the people who want just to gain financially determine the outcome. 

But opposing bad outcomes is not enough to get us good ones 

The bigger question is who will in the end be willing/able to build much needed housing that is the sort we want and what would it take to make that happen?

Elizabeth 

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On Jun 7, 2024, at 12:22 PM, Jesse C. Polhemus via Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us> wrote:



I totally agree, Chris!  Great points.

 

 

- Jesse

 

On Friday, June 7, 2024 at 12:15:58 PM EDT, Christopher Buecheler <cwbuecheler at gmail.com> wrote: 

 

 

Jesse,

 

> These six-story buildings on Hope would be built on private land, and the government has virtually no ability to enforce the controlled rates you mention.

 

Fair! But that feels like a problem to me. And I know that changing laws is not a fast or easy thing, but if the govt has the ability to rezone an area, it should have the ability to control the costs of some percentage of what's being built there.

 

Mark, I'm in complete agreement re: further greening North Main. There should be green space requirements for anything built there (and an effort to pull stuff back from the curb). And I am definitely not against developing affordable housing there. I'd just like to see it developed here, too. Especially if development is coming anyway, which it sounds like it is.

 

None of this is easy, cheap, or fast. I fully acknowledge that. The question we have to continuously ask though is "who benefits?" and if the answer is mostly or exclusively "people who are already rich" (eg, developers), then we have to find ways to change that. My suspicion is, at the moment, these zoning changes will benefit developers more than they benefit the neighborhood ... but they COULD benefit the neighborhood if control can be exerted.

 

-Chris

 

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