Nearly 30 people gathered at the YMCA CDC office for the April Riverwest Neighborhood Association (RNA) meeting to hear proposals by representatives of two businesses and one developer interested in buying the long-vacant Biopak building on Humboldt and Center.
Gordon Park
Posted inFurther Down Stream
May 2003
Gordon Knoll Condos – Busalacchi condo project – Beerline Bike Trail – RNA and Park East development – Vital Source and Danceworks – Riverwest Directory – Landlord Training Program – Bonnie Bruch receives Professional Fair Housing Award – new UEC complex groundbreaking – Krulos’ comics at Onopa – Propert Tax increases – Summer of Peace Youth Rally – Juana G. Vega Cinco de Mayo celebration – Locust Street Festival Beer Run – Good Greens – Gardeners Market – Riverwest Forum
Posted inEditorials
Ah, Spring Again…
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss
Time to come out of hibernation. There really is nothing like sun on your skin and the gentle play of the spring breeze. It’s a kind of pure delight that reminds me of being a kid. I find I do some of my best thinking and writing while I am running through the streets and parks of Riverwest, though they’re not nearly as distraction-free as the cornfields I used to run past growing up.
Posted inRNA News
RNA Minutes
Turning transformer boxes into public art – Biopak building proposals – Gentrification Position Paper debated and approved – RNA affiliates with Citizens Allied for Sane Highways (CASH) – Annual Spring Cleanup plans – RNA bylaws approved
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Gentrification: The Anti-Sprawl Vitality Injection
by David Coles – GUEST COMMENTARY
It boggles my mind to read complaints about rising rents in a community “still plagued by violent crime.” The alternative is consistently low or declining rents — symptoms of neighborhoods in economic stagnation or regression.
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