Commentary & Opinion

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What Does It Mean To Say Riverwest Is Integrated – Is It Really?

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GUEST COMMENTARY – by Jackie Reid Dettloff

It was Saturday afternoon when I read the January issue of Riverwest Currents with Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle’s “Living a Life Mosaic: Diversity in Riverwest.” The question, “how shall we live together?” was fresh in my mind the next morning, when I opened the Sunday Journal Sentinel and found the first of several articles on segregation in our city and its surrounding suburbs. Whether one agrees or not with Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat’s definition of an integrated neighborhood as being “20% white and at least 20% black,” the publication of the results of their study has opened a spirited dialogue. I see that as good.

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“First Class Value” or Overpriced Homes?

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by Vince Bushell

Brewers Hill is a “vintage neighborhood” with “first class value” according to the brochure for Brewers Hill Commons…. Few of the existing “vintage” neighbors could afford one of the new homes, which start at $269,00 and can easily top $300,000…. The photo [to the left] shows a sign illustrating the facades of the new homes being built. In the background of this photo is a duplex built a few years back by ESHAC….to house low to moderate-income residents. Now in private hands, these homes are not subject to income guidelines.