It Takes a Village
You had better be seated for this one.
Guess what Charlotte taxpayers are now being asked to pay for?
Take a look in the “Smart Money” section of the January 22, 2012 edition of The Charlotte Observer.
It is amazing just how much Charlotte is willing to spend, much less what it has spent, to make Johnson C. Smith University a showplace for the downtown crowd. Building apartments in an economically depressed area……. now that should stimulate job growth? I was always under the impression jobs came first, then housing.
The city has already approved $3.18 million in a thirty year parking lease for the project. Don’t think taxpayers will get off scot-free for the $300,000 3D light project under I-77 which is sponsored by the Arts and Science Council. The Arts and Science Council is one of many nonprofits that benefits from donations of taxpayer money thanks to the generosity of Charlotte’s city council. 3D lights under an overpass featuring the colors of JCSU. What a great use of taxpayer money to impress upon our children the value of art?
Griffin Brothers, developers of the businesses/ public/private sector project, believes its presence will “help spur other businesses to invest and locate to the corridor”, just like other government assisted housing projects have spurred
economic development?
The “crowning glory” of the project will be a rooftop terrace offering a skyline view of the city. The push now is to get the project completed before the DNC comes to Charlotte. The whole undertaking may be worth the cost if Mayor Anthony Foxx can have the proper backdrop to toast his success as the visionary leader of Charlotte while basking in the national limelight.
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