With Holtec claiming it may hire 3,000 in Camden, I think it’s worth stepping back and discussing the broader waterfront development strategy. The Holtec deal may end up being significantly better than the 76ers deal. Indeed, I hope it is. But that doesn’t mean that continuing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate … Continue reading Guest Post: Critiquing the Waterfront Development Strategy…
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I sat down with a young man last week who was trying to learn more about Camden. Despite not living, working or being from the city, he’d taken and interest and was becoming more involved. Almost the first words out of his mouth were, “we’ve seen that throwing money at cities doesn’t solve anything.” But have … Continue reading Who Catches that Money We Throw at Cities?…
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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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