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I ask because I live Uptown and the Parks Department has sold Marshall Park and the city a park between 7th St. and Parkside Terrace and said the reason was that the city needs affordable housing where people can walk to work. There is NO neighborhood in Charlotte that needs parks more than Uptown. It is SO mean and infuriating. Last I heard they are using affordable housing as an excuse to tear down an art deco building that is listed on N. Tryon and 8th St. I am not at all against more affordable housing Uptown, we have many empty lots, but our parks!!!! This Ballantyne project better being making a significant contribution to our friends who need affordable housing.
I ask because I live Uptown and the Parks Department has sold Marshall Park and the city a park between 7th St. and Parkside Terrace and said the reason was that the city needs affordable housing where people can walk to work. There is NO neighborhood in Charlotte that needs parks more than Uptown. It is SO mean and infuriating. Last I heard they are using affordable housing as an excuse to tear down an art deco building that is listed on N. Tryon and 8th St. I am not at all against more affordable housing Uptown, we have many empty lots, but our parks!!!! This Ballantyne project better being making a significant contribution to our friends who need affordable housing.
How many affordable housing units? This sounds like a perfect opportunity for walk to work and good schools.