Yesterday’s post by Keith Benson triggered this interesting response from “SB” that I’ve bumped up from the comments section: Newsflash: this has nothing to do with gentrification. And the schools aren’t being reformed, they’re being privatized. And not for “white people”, as you so claim. They’re being privatized for PROFIT. As for the other “amenities” … Continue reading Community Voice: Not Gentrification, but Waste…
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Kevin Riordan is one of my favorite writers here, and I thought his take on the 76er practice facility was simple, clever and brilliant. Here’s an excerpt, and if you haven’t, check out his blog, Blinq: Perhaps that’s because so much of downtown has lain fallow since being obliterated by various redevelopment schemes, most of … Continue reading What I’m Reading: Camden’s Edifice Complex…
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This guest post is excerpted from Rutgers student Marcus Biddle’s Camden Writes project. Frankly, there’s nothing wrong with the Philadelphia 76ers building a practice facility anywhere. In a perfect world, it would be a fine offer. In reality, Camden doesn’t need more buildings, or sports teams. It needs more jobs. With every development process, and … Continue reading Student Voice: It’s About Jobs, Not Practice Facilities…
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Next City pegs the price of each job coming to Camden with the Sixers practice facility at $1.6 million. New Jersey Policy Perspective’s president, Gordon MacInnes places the number at $328,000. NJ.com says that there will be $76.6 in “direct and indirect taxes”, including “spillover effects,” outstripped by the $82 million in state grants. And Tom Knoche … Continue reading 76ers to Camden: the South Jersey Strategy…
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