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A
Notice,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
and
for
sharing
your
thoughts
with
us.
It's
always
good
to
have
you
back
in
Columbus.
We
always
do
appreciate
that
and
appreciate
that,
with
the
words
of
kindness,
you've
shared
with
us
as
well
we're
going
to
move
along
here
now
as
best,
we
know
how
and
catch
you
by
the
notes.
We
know
we're
going
to
try
to
continue
this.
This
saw
process
you
know
about
the
development
top
of
national
and
local
development
trends.
A
I
might
ask
Chris
Woodruff,
the
president
of
the
cotton
company
has
come
forward
and
the
rest
of
his
panel
come
rakesh
span
of
patel
from
president
of
ram
hotels,
if
he's
here,
we'll
bergen,
who
is
president
of
Jackson
Bergen
and
Jack
Hayes
who's,
the
director
area,
management
of
nau
g
to
commercial
real
estate.
So,
gentlemen,
if
you'll
come
join
us
okay,
are
we
going
to
go
a
different
way?
Well,
okay!
Well,
heck
with
that
idea,.
B
B
So
the
cotton
companies
right
I'm,
the
president
of
that
company
and
what
are
we
we're
a
boutique
real
estate
development
and
investment,
firm,
we're
located
in
downtown
Columbus
Georgia.
We
specialize
in
adaptive,
reuse
and
urban
infill.
So,
as
a
buddy
of
mine
told
me
one
time,
is
it
basically
Woodruff
you
just
you
make
blight
right
and
there's
something
about
old
buildings,
there's
something
about
things
that
are
that
are
falling
apart.
That
can
be
saved
that
really
attract
me
and
it
attracts
our
company.
B
So
the
best
way
to
talk
about
that
is
to
really
say
what
we
believe
and
fundamentally
the
cotton
companies.
We
believe
that
the
community
can
be
positively
impact
impacted
through
the
built
environment,
I
think
the
designers
in
the
room
will
agree
with
this.
When
you
walk
anywhere
you're,
surrounded
by
buildings,
you
were
viscerally,
whether
you
know
it
or
not.
You
were
impacted
by
the
state
of
that
building.
If
you
walk
by
a
pretty
building
or
a
pretty
house
or
pretty
yard,
it's
a
little
bit
of
happiness
inside
you
versus
and
dr.
B
B
We
believe
in
change
at
the
cotton
companies
where
appropriate
change
is
a
good
thing
and
change
is
important
because,
as
long
as
you
respect
your
past
and
your
history,
that's
what's
needed,
but
don't
let
its
time
in
your
progress.
This
is
one
of
our
joint
venture
projects.
That's
currently
in
progress
at
the
corner
of
14th
and
Broadway.
This
was
it
a
year
ago,
and
this
is
in
progress.
Now
soon
it
will
be
a
modernized
building
available
for
restaurant
or
retail
use.
B
We
believe
that
at
the
cotton
companies
in
this
project
was
something
we
spearheaded,
thankfully,
with
the
help
of
the
city
of
Columbus
and
also
Uptown
Columbus,
as
well
as
the
countless
amount
of
contributions
and
investments
from
other
entities,
we
were
able
to
take
a
blighted
median
and
turned
into
a
park
a
space
where
no
one
thought
was
usable
now
becomes
a
place
for
people
to
gather
to
either
ice
cream.
That's
what
the
cotton
companies
is
about
and
we're
about
teamwork.
I
think
you've
heard
a
lot
of
that
today.
B
Teamwork
is
necessary
to
make
any
community
a
better
place.
If
you
don't
have
a
good
team,
you
can't
take
these
crazy
ideas
and
make
them
a
reality
and
by
team
I,
don't
just
mean
the
fantastic
designers
and
the
contractors.
You
know
I
mean
the
city.
I
mean
the
public
utility
groups.
I
mean
the
community
as
a
whole.
Everyone
has
to
play
a
part,
because
when
you
do
that
and
when
you
gather
everyone
together,
you
can
take
a
blighted
block
like
this
and
turn
it
into
something
crazy
that
no
one
expected
this
is
relatively
new.
B
Not
a
whole
lot
of
folks
have
seen
this
idea,
but
it's
called
dogwood
market
and
we're
taking
at
the
con
company
we're
taking
this
block
1/2
block
and
we're
going
from
about
39
thousand
square
feet
of
unusable
space
and
turning
it
into
55,000
square
feet
of
adaptive,
reuse
and
urban.
Infill
mixed
use,
environment
filled
with
community
activities,
retail
restaurants
offices.
B
This
is
what
it's
about.
This
is
what
we
believe
community
is
about
it's
about
coming
in
and
bringing
these
opportunities,
but
the
only
way
the
only
way
we
can
do
this
is
through
the
continued
help
of
the
city
of
partnerships
of
the
designers
of
the
contractors.
This
is
what's
needed,
so
we
talk
about
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly.
Well,
there's
a
lot
of
that.
The
great
news
is,
we
can
stop
it
all.
We
can
continue
the
good.
B
We
can
stop
the
bad
and
prevent
the
ugly
by
working
together
and
that's
what's
necessary
as
a
developer,
we're
kind
of
the
frontline
we
get
chastised.
We
get
praised,
you
know,
but
it's
our
responsibility
as
developers
to
help
communities
grow
and
it's
the
city
and
other
forces
throughout
communities.
It's
their
responsibility
to
help
hold
developers
accountable
right.
B
Don't
just
let
us
walk
through
and
say,
let's
throw
this
here.
This
makes
like
this
seems
like
a
good
idea.
Let's,
let's,
let's
have
a
proactive
conversation
about.
What's
a
positive
impact
of
the
community
on
how
things
are
developed
and
that's
necessary
right,
because
a
developer
can
walk
into
a
city
and
say
yeah.
This
is
a
great
I'll
put
a
gas
station
here.
This
is
just
listen
here.
They
walk
in,
they
get
their
return
and
they
leave
that's
not
what
the
cotton
companies
does.
We're
here
to
stay.
B
I
moved
back
to
this
community
to
do
what
I
could
to
help
it
grow.
I'm
invested
in
this
community
I
depend
on
my
community
to
look
to
me
and
say
no
Chris,
that's
not
right.
This
is
what's
better
and
I
think
we
should
do
that
with
other
developers
in
town
right
because
we're
the
ones
who
have
to
deal
with
what's
been
built
here
and
we're
the
ones
who
have
to
fix
other's
mistakes.
B
So
I
think
that's
important
for
us
to
realize,
as
we
talk
about
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly
as
at
least
as
it
appeals
to
real
estate.
So
real,
quick,
I'm,
gonna
gloss
over
everybody's
favorite
topic,
national,
real
estate
trends
right,
no
okay,
we'll
go
real
fast,
yeah,
there's
one.
So
this
is
from
an
article
from
a
trend
study,
that's
done
by
PricewaterhouseCoopers
in
the
Urban
Land
Institute
it's
in
its
41st
year.
That's
important
because
most
developers
and
most
industry
professionals
will
look
to
this
emerging
trends.
B
B
It
real
estate
will
continue
to
perform
and
as
long
as
the
the
GDP
doesn't
take
a
marked
turn
we'll
continue
to
see
the
same
old
same
old.
There
is
a
consensus,
there's
not
a
oversupply
of
product,
nor
is
there
over-leveraged
occurring,
and
so
there
are
opportunities
for
development
and
that's
why
you're
continuing
to
see
that
in
the
marketplace.
B
What
has
been
noted,
though,
is
as
there
is,
a
slow
growth
there's
also
a
an
opportunity
for
caution
right,
because
real
estate
right
now
is
kind
of
that
as
highest
point
at
its
highest
price
point,
and
so
this
little
opportunity
for
movement
there.
So
caution
is
advised
and
continuing
investment
again
I'm,
just
going
to
glance
gloss
kind
of
over
most
this.
You
heard
about
this
earlier
this
issue
of
affordability.
B
This
is
not
indicative
just
of
Columbus
it's
a
national
trend
right,
the
affordability
index
is
is
showing
that
the
housing
economy
is
challenged
right
now,
which
is
why
you're
going
to
see
a
little
bit
more
push
towards
multifamily
in
this
marketplace.
Construction
prices
are
continuing
to
escalate
and
the
income
levels
are
not
matching
that
so
it's
it's
something
to
take
note
of.
B
B
What
this
means
is
it'll,
hopefully,
will
bode
well
for
Columbus,
because,
as
the
markets
in
Atlanta
become
oversaturated
and
become
too
costly
to
operate
in,
the
state
will
will
backfill
some
of
that
because,
as
a
developer,
looks
around
and
says,
hey,
there's
not
a
whole
lot
here
for
me
in
Atlanta,
they
look
to
other
places.
They
looked
at
Peachtree
City,
they
looked
at
Noonan
they'll,
look
to
Columbus,
and
so
hopefully
we
will
catch
the
windfall
of
Atlanta's
success.
B
B
That
is
an
alphabetical
order
and
it
took
me
a
long
time
to
figure
out
that
I
need
to
go
alphabetically,
because
all
these
gentlemen
are
extremely
well-versed
in
their
industry,
I'd
like
to
invite
them
all
up,
will
Bergen
the
president
of
Jackson
Bergen,
Jack
Hayes,
who
is
the
director
of
manager
of
nai
Qi
to
commercial
and
Rinca
SH
Patel?
Who
is
the
president
of
Ram
hotels,
putting
a
pie
shell
up
here
for
a
quick
panel
discussion
giving
around
the
forest.
C
B
B
C
Chris
I
think
we're
in
a
golden
age
of
travel
because
of
the
technological
advancement
we
truly
are
in
golden
age
as
a
world
were
much
better
connected
and
reachable
than
we
were
ever
before.
There
is
a
great
shift
in
demography
and
it's
affecting
all
industries,
education
and
everything,
not
just
hotel.
We
have
a
lot
more
younger
people,
they're,
traveling
and
participating
in
this
active
industry
and
they're
teaching
us
things.
Who
would
have
thought
that
you
would
have
a
grandfather
or
parent
who
is
60
year
old
on
Instagram
or
Facebook
10
years
ago
right.
C
So
this
and
few
other
things
such
as
social
media
influencers
and
then
blog
writers,
traveling
far
away
remote
places
and
writing
a
blog
about
it
about
their
experience.
You
know:
that's
rewriting
the
game
book.
It's
a
game,
changer
right,
New,
York,
LA,
Vegas,
Tourism
Bureau,
might
have
a
budget
of
millions
of
dollars.
What
do
we
have
compared
to
that
in
Columbus?
We
have
a
good
number,
but
nothing
comparable
to
that.
C
But
this
bloggers
can
you
imagine
them
coming
down
here
on
the
Chattahoochee
on
a
wired,
water,
rafting
and
tweeting,
and
going
viral
playing
field
is
level.
Now
guys,
so
it's
a
very
good
thing.
You
know
for
once,
and
we
need
to
capture
that
and
we
need
to
build
on
that.
Obviously
we
are
in
that
position
because
of
the
Uptown
they've
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,
also
the
pom,
the
pioneers
and
the
well-wishers.
C
You
know
putting
the
money
and
effort
into
whitewater
and
all
the
good
things
related
to
the
Uptown,
thanks
to
them
a
lot
a
bunch
and
in
the
same
retrospect,
this
young
demography,
that's
been
traveling
and
everything.
The
big
five
Hilton
Marriott
intercontinental
I
gene,
Hyatts,
they're,
absorbing
it
and
they're
changing
tremendously
in
a
scary
pace,
they've
gone
from
hotel
owners
to
basically
franchise
companies
and
now
they're,
just
a
brand
units
Hilton.
Mr.
Marriott
and
Conrad
Hilton
do
not
own
any
hotels.
There
are
developers
and
institutions
they
own
them.
C
They
just
holds
the
right
and
they
franchise
them,
but
even
more
so
than
is,
they
are
really
trying
to
build
up
the
loyalty
brand
like
Delta
SkyMiles
and
everything
on
it.
So
there's
a
huge
big
fight
as
well.
Right
now,
with
emergence
of
online
travel
agencies
and
online
rental
places,
Airbnb
and
such
which
are
not,
as
mature
hotels,
been
around
for
50
years,
companies
been
around
for
15
years
and
those
are
just
some
IT
guys.
Tech
companies
start
at
the
startup
and
they're
valued
at
50
billion
dollar
worth
more
than
mariya
right.
C
It's
a
serious
threat,
so
the
whole
perspective
is
changing
and
for
the
last
five
to
six
years,
they're
going
at
undergoing
a
tremendous
amount
of
transformation.
So
it's
a
general
concession
in
the
industry
that
we're
no
longer
gonna
just
only
provide
accommodation.
We're
gonna
provide
an
experience
to
our
guests,
we're
gonna
empower
them.
We
had
technology
where
you
can
order
the
room
service.
Your
phone,
keycard
digital
keys,
go
straight
to
your
rooms,
checking
bypass
the
front
desk.
C
We're
gonna
make
our
Lobby
very
lively
so
that
you
know
you're
part
of
it
and
not
only
that
we're
building
more
hotels
in
our
band
like
Crusades
lifestyle.
So
if
you
look
at
the
makeup,
there's
160
hotel
brands
in
the
United
States,
okay,
there
are
classic
brands
and
they're
distinct
new
brands
as
a
company
we're
shifting
to
distinct
EO
brands,
because
that's
what
the
future
is.
It's
about
lifestyle!
That's
what
Boutique
it's
about
the
experience!
It
is
no
longer
about
the
great
shower
and
a
good
sleep.
C
Okay,
so
2010
is
when
we
kind
of
sort
of
started
coming
out
of
recession
as
a
hotel
industry.
We
have
seen
hundred
and
fourteen
months
of
consecutive
wrap
our
world
year
over
year.
That's
ridiculous!
Ninety
seven
consecutive
14
months
altogether,
however,
for
the
first
time
August
of
2019,
the
index
for
a
hotel
room
was
at
1.9
percent
and
the
index
for
the
supply
was
also
at
1.9
percent.
So
what
he
tells
us
is
we're
at
par
right
supply
and
demand.
C
It
matters
at
the
ener-d,
no
matter
what
business
you
are
in
supply
and
demand
needs
to
be
checked
every
time,
but
we're
at
par
the
numbers
are
still
very,
very
healthy
and
because
travel
is,
is
it
right
now
everybody
wants
to
travel
and
travel
is
making
people
feel
good
and
also
people
are
traveling
for
purpose
now,
so
travel
and
hotel
industry
has
good
legs
and
is
going
to
remain
that
way
for
some
time.
That's
really
no
doubt
about
that.
So,
let's
come
back
to
Columbus
Georgia
right.
C
We
are
surprisingly
we're
off
cycle
since
2005,
primarily
due
to
brac
realignment,
so
2005
brac
was
announced
and
we
had
a
tremendous
demand
for
hotel
rooms.
So
we
were
just
shooting
up
I
mean
we
were
shooting
up
through
recession,
19
2009,
2010,
2011,
rest
of
the
US
starting
in
2008,
started.
Decelerating
it,
and
this
stall
I
mean
it
was
just
horrible
bloodbath
out
there
Oh
folks
developers
still
had
money,
so
it
brought
16
new
hotels
in
our
town.
At
that
point,
if
I
remember,
we
only
had
40
hotels
about
4200
hotel
rooms.
C
We
added
16,
more
16,
more
hotels
about
1600
hotel
rooms
to
our
existing
supply.
So
when
2012
turns
around
rest
of
the
US
economy
starts
rebounding,
guess
what
we
start
decelerating
we
continue
to
decelerate,
although
it
14
15
and
16
is
the
first
time
we
started
rebounding
so
US
economy
started,
rebounding,
2010,
2012,
hotel
started
rebounding
we're
a
three
months.
Leg
work
were
three
months
behind
guys,
so
16
17,
18,
19
great
years
occupants
levels
are
very
healthy
right
now.
C
What
we
do
lack-
and
then
you
know
usually
occupancy,
comes
first
and
then
comes
the
rate
average
rate,
which
is
a
rate
you
charge
for
the
hotel
per
night.
So
our
rates
are
not
there
comparable
to
make
in
August.
You
know,
Savannah
and
all
the
different
suburbs
and
sub
markets
of
Atlanta.
We
are
performing
very
poorly
in
the
rate
and
there's
multiple
reasons,
for
that
primarily
is.
We
were
just
in
shock.
You
know
we
were.
Is
this
an
in
fact
yeah?
You
know
it's
just
trying
to
get
the
will
age
to
go.
C
C
That's
that's
what
worried
about
because
we
know
there's
a
downturn
coming
so
when
you
can
make
the
hey
you
when
the
Sun
is
out,
you
make
that
same
philosophy
over
there,
so
finally
we're
there
and
I'm
hoping
that
we
have
another
18
months
of
growth
on
occupancy
before
we
have
another
310
rooms,
they're
gonna
hit
the
Uptown
market
and
we
really
need
this
18
months
of
occupancy
increase,
continue
and
continue
to
drive
their
rates.
So
when
the
new
product
comes
in,
they
can
up
get
up
so
very
nicely.
Okay,.
B
C
C
Initiatives
especially
keep
up
our
facilities
here,
so
we
can
bring
more
more
groups
or
more
sports
teams
to
town
more
heads
in
a
bed,
more
generations
for
us
to
extra
and
more
tax
revenue
generation
for
the
city,
so
that
definitely
helps
I'm,
not
gonna,
say
and
to
do
a
great
job
with
that.
Absolutely
I
really
don't
deserve
anything
bad
that
we're
doing
at
all.
C
What
we
should
be
caution
of
Airbnb
they're,
essentially,
people
they'll
go
out
there
and
buy
apartment
units
and
turn
them
into
hotels,
they're,
not
regulated
in
the
exact
same
way
where
a
hotel
should
be
and
I
think
we
I'm
not
sure
what
our
current
codes
and
ands
are
I.
Think
we've
dealt
with
this
here
appropriately,
but
they're
getting
very
creative
and
just
need
to
keep
a
very
close
eye
on
that.
Okay,.
B
B
D
You
touched
on
this
earlier.
We
were
talking
about
some
of
the
harder
markets
like
Halston
and
Nashville,
and
new
Rakesh,
and
you
guys
were
looking
at
your
hotel
developments,
it's
bigger
than
just
Columbus,
so
to
speak,
so
they're
looking
for
the
opportunity
where
their
business
or
development
can
thrive
and
a
lot
of
those
things
are
based
on
the
population
growth
in
the
median
income.
So
one
of
the
first
things
we
usually
hear
from
outside
developers
are:
what
is
your
population?
What
is
your
median
income
locally?
We
always
hear
how
can
all
have
a
macaroni
grill?
D
How
come
we
don't
have
a
PF
Changs,
those
sorts
of
things,
and
it
comes
back
to
population
and
median
income,
and
so
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
is
the
Bell
pers
come
in
or
meeting
incomes
a
little
bit
lower
than
they'd
like
to
see
and
our
populations
a
little
lower
than
I'd
like
to
see,
and
they
have
other
options
in
larger
markets.
Do.
D
Well,
we
always
talk
about
how
fortunate
we
are
to
have
certain
companies
like
a
flag
and
systems
and
Synovus.
Here
in
Columbus
we
talked
about
the
wonderful
things.
That's
we're
doing
in
Uptown,
Columbus
related
to
whitewater,
we
say
hey,
you
should
look
at
Columbus
because
your
competition
is
not
here,
particularly,
they
can
be
located
on
a
very
good
site
with
high
traffic
counts
and
I
guess.
The
best
meeting
comes
here
in
the
market.
B
Very
well
put
thank
you,
will
Burgin
will
will
talk
to
you
and
get
some
your
thoughts.
You've
been
intimately
involved
with
the
growth
and
revitalization
of
Midtown
you
developed
locally
and
nationally
talk
about
your
thoughts
and
opportunities
that
we
have
in
Columbus.
As
far
as
increasing
infill
development,
spurring
new
development,
best
practices,
you've
seen
other
cities
and
what
you
see
is
opportunities
and
threats
for
Columbus.
Thank.
E
Grant
and
part
of
this
grant
was
to
help
places
like
Columbus
speak
to
the
things
in
to
the
ways
that
we
can
invest
in
our
in
our
core
city
in
the
middle
of
our
town,
and
bring
the
sort
of
small
changes
to
policy
and
plan
and
programming
in
order
to
incentivize
local
development
and
local
folks
to
be
here.
Jack's
point
is
entirely
right.
The
truth
is
the
big
developers
have
incentive
to
be
in
other
markets
and
not
necessarily
ours.
E
So
the
best
way
for
us
to
come
in
and
restore
and
re
and
to
support
our
in
city
neighborhoods,
is
to
build
local
developers
and
build
in
a
system
that
looks
at
the
small
lots
we
heard
from
John
Hutchison
earlier
today
we're
clearing
Lots
we're
opening
up
opportunities,
but
we
have
to
find
a
way
to
get
people
to
come
back
into
those
zones
and
look
at
ways
to
reinvest.
Big
developers
need
big
land
Lots.
They
big
incentives
to
do
things
and
that's
right
and
good,
because
they
have
overheads
and
products
and
markets
they're
driving.
E
E
E
E
Specifically,
a
slightly
problematic
problem
for
a
big
project
really
becomes
a
deal-killer
for
a
small
project
and
our
city,
our
our
city
council,
our
planning
department,
all
of
the
engineering
department.
Everyone
is
very
accommodative
to
those
who
would
like
to
do
projects.
However,
what
we
need
to
do
is
make
certain
that
our
code,
our
founding
documents,
give
us
the
right
to
do
these
things
to
incentivize
these,
and
not
just
through
relationships
or
having
a
connection
with
somebody
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
when
I
say
that
we're
going
to
do
small
and
incremental
development.
E
We
really
wanted
is
the
idea
of
going
from
something
seasonal
and
small
Columbus's
City.
The
Market
Market
days
on
Broadway
is
an
exact
replica
of
that
to
start
something
small
and
get
the
entrepreneurs
into
the
street
and
get
people
out
and
creating
a
sense
of
community
and
then
building
buildings
progressively
larger
progressively
more
dense
and
to
meet
their
needs.
It's
what
we're
talking
about
the
idea
of
creating
an
ecosystem
in
the
neighborhoods
when
you
drive
through
our
areas,
you'll
see
shops,
former
shops,
vacant
buildings,
opportunities
where
neighborhoods
came
and
met.
E
The
idea
is
to
get
back
in
and
rebuild
those
places
as
community
centers
for
activity,
business
activities
and
learning
centers
and
coffee
shops.
So
how
are
we
gonna
get
this
done?
We
need
to
find
a
group
of
locals
who
care
about
the
neighborhood
and
they
are
willing
to
learn.
You
heard
Otis
White
talk
about.
How
can
we
engage
with
people
and
bring
that
message
together?
E
We
want
to
patch
the
local
systems,
make
certainly
they're
ready
for
this
kind
of
work
and
then
we're
going
to
work
in
small
steps,
which
means
that
when
we
make
a
mistake,
we
it
can
be
a
small
mistake
and
we
can
recover
some
of
the
problems.
The
roadblocks
that
we
have
is
really
extremely
low
commercial
rents.
This
is
an
area
where
we
have
to
get
things
done.
We
have
an
excessive
parking
burden.
We
have
the
idea
that
there's
plenty
of
parking
everywhere.
E
It
has
24
one
and
two-bedroom
apartments
and
it
fits
snugly
on
a
lot
at
once
at
175
feet
wide
about
200
feet
deep,
but
only
20
parking
spaces
was
six
on
the
street.
If
you
were
to
actually
have
to
rebuild
this,
you
would
end
up
needing
to
double
the
land
available
to
it.
You
would
need
to
double
the
amount
of
space
that's
taken
up,
which
means
you
take
down
the
other
classic
structures
on
either
side,
and
you
would
destroy
the
rentability
of
this
place.
E
You
would
not
be
able
to
rent
it
for
that
same
amount
because
we're
end
up
subsidizing
land
and
parking
spaces.
How
does
this
affect
what
we
can
do?
This
is
a
chart
that
we
created
that
shows
a
small
tweak.
It's
the
same
size
lot
50
by
135,
but
three
different
forms:
the
idea
of
a
duplex,
a
quad
and
a
six
Plex.
That's
from
left
to
right.
That
red
line
that
you
see
across
the
middle
is
the
affordability
line.
This
is
what
Columbus
can
pay
for
those
units.
E
The
truth
is
is
that
the
duplex
is
not
affordable
to
many
people.
The
six
Plex
is
where
we
need
to
have
some
incentives
and
some
opportunities
and
you'll
see
that
baking
small
changes
takes
it
still
not
affordable
to
dark-blue,
but
when
we
reduce
the
minimum
lot
area
and
increase
the
density
per
our
code
and
we
reduced
the
parking
spaces
just
a
little
bit,
we
end
up
finding
that
we
can
make
money
as
a
developer
and,
at
the
same
time
provide
that
necessary
housing
in
places
like
Midtown.
E
My
proposal
has
been
that
we
are
gonna,
do
an
overlay.
Zoning
will
Johnson
and
Rick
Jones
have
seen
this
and
I
appreciate
the
platform
to
bring
this
up
today.
They've
got
other
ideas
on
how
we
might
go
about
doing
this,
but
if
you'll
bear
with
me,
this
is
how
I
thought
we
should
do
it.
The
idea
is
that
we
should
residential
lots.
We
should
allow
residences
in
it.
We
should
reduce
the
parking
and
we
should
currently
build
on
some
zoning
densities.
E
I
am
going
to
forego
the
balance
of
what
we
have
because
Chris
is
waving
me
off,
but
if
you'll
just
click
through
the
slides,
you
will
see
sort
of
some
before
and
afters
of
what
our
proposed
changes
does
in
the
built
environment.
It's
about
making
the
code
match
with
what
we
say
that
it
is
supposed
to
do.
The
language
says
that
we
want
intensive,
intensely
more
dense
neighborhoods,
but
things
like
setbacks
and
parking
end
up
driving
the
decisions,
which
was
never
the
intention
of
the
toad
itself.
So
making
some
small
changes
is
my
suggestion.
I.
B
Think
your
point
is
well-taken
and
in
the
interest
of
time
you
do
have
a
very
valid
presentation,
which
I
think
has
been
heard
and
needs
to
be
continued
to
be
discussed.
What
you've
heard
here
today
from
these
industry
experts
I
think,
is
that
the
affordability
issue
is
real.
It's
something
that
we
can
address
I
think
collectively.
It
needs
to
be
proactively
pursued,
whether
it
be
through
zoning,
whether
it
be
through
finding
new
ways
to
get
more
heads
in
beds,
whether
it
be
helping
developers
have
incentives
to
bring
in
new
new
blood
into
the
area.
B
A
So
last
so
before
we
go
on
that
bus
ride,
I
wanted
to
introduce
to
you
Laura
Johnson,
who
is
our
director
of
community
reinvestment.
She
is
going
to
come
and
share
with
us
about
the
need
for
to
discuss
brownfields
and
if
you
don't
know
what
a
brownfield
is
you're
gonna
find
out
here
in
just
a
very
few
moments.
So
please
welcome
Laura
Johnson.
F
F
I
know
Jim,
knows
and
Beth,
so
just
to
kind
of
explain
what
a
brownfield
is
we're
actually
sitting
in
one
because
I
would
say
99.99%.
This
is
or
was
a
brownfield
prior
to
redevelopment
into
this
beautiful
Event
Center.
A
brownfield
is
a
property
that
the
redevelopment
of
that
property
is
complicated
because
the
property
is
either
contaminated
or
there's
their
perception
that
that
property
is
contaminated.
F
So
what
does
it
mean
for
a
property
to
be
a
brownfield,
so
a
property?
If
it's
a
brownfield,
it
could
mean
that
the
there
may
be
a
limited
use
of
what
that
property
can
be
used
for
in
the
future.
An
example
that
may
be
that
a
property
that
was
once
industrial
or
once
was
an
abandoned
gas
station.
You
might
not
be
able
to
build
houses
there.
It
could
also
mean
that
there's
you
know,
there's
going
to
be
denieth.
F
The
future
owners
might
need
some
sort
of
protection
if
they
buy
that
property,
because
they
don't
want
to
be
liable
for
that
property
once
they
buy
it.
If
contamination
is
found
at
a
later
date
and
then
it
costs
them
heed
funding,
because
with
brownfields
comes
grants,
and
the
local
government
plays
a
huge
role
in
this,
because
the
local
government
and
nonprofits
are
the
ones
that
are
able
to
get
these
grants
for
these
future
developments
of
these
brownfield
sites.
F
So
EPA
has
several
different
grants.
A
few
of
them
would
be
the
brownfield
assessment
grant.
There's
also
brownfield
cleanup
grants,
there's
revolving
loan
funds
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
just
a
minute
ago,
only
governments
and
nonprofits
are
eligible
for
these
grants.
That
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
private
owners
or
private
developers
can't
access
the
grants
because
they
can
access
them
through
the
government,
but
the
only
ones
that
can
apply
for
these
grants
are
the
government
or
nonprofits
what
can
brownfield
redevelopment
stew?
F
In
2017,
the
City
of
Columbus
received
a
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
brownfield
assessment
grant
and
what
this
grant
was
used
for
is
it
can
be
used
to
conduct
an
environmental
site
assessments
like
phase
ones.
It
can
be
used
for
phase
twos,
hazardous
material
surveys
on
properties
and,
on
this
slide,
there's
a
list
of
properties
that
we've
already
utilized
this
funding.
For
so
I
want
to
ask
the
question:
well,
not
all
of
these
are
city-owned
properties.
F
Some
of
them
are,
but
majority
of
them
are
privately
owned,
and
so
how
much
does
these
owners
had
to
pay
for
these
site
assessment?
And
the
answer
is
nothing.
This
grant
pays
a
hundred
percent
of
what
it
cost
to
have
ESA
phase
one
phase,
twos
hazardous
materials
surveys
cleanup
plans,
all
of
that
conducted
on
these
sites.
F
So
this
map
are,
this
is
a
map
of
the
target
area
and
one
of
the
things
that
a
PA
looks
for
when
we're
applying
for
these
grants
is
ensuring
that,
whatever
area
we
have
that
we've
selected
has
a
good
amount
of
abandoned
properties
or
potential
brownfields
in
the
area.
So
one
reason
that
we
chose
this
this
area,
particularly
which,
as
you
can
see,
is
the
mill
district
area
is
because
it
has
various
mills
chase
homes
is
located
in
the
area.
F
The
second
map
shows
that
same
target
area,
and
it
also
shows
that
there's
numerous
amounts
of
abandoned
gas
stations
in
this
area.
Dry
cleaners
in
this
area,
auto
repair
and
mechanic
shops
in
the
area
as
well,
and
so
those
are
other
properties
that
would
be
perceived
to
be
brownfields.
So
when
EPA
is
awarding
this
grant
funding,
that's
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
see
is
what
kind
of
sites
are
in
this
area
that
might
possibly
be
eligible
for
this
funding.
F
So
another
reason
that
this
site
was
selected
was
because
this
area
is
a
local
redevelopment
area.
It
also
has
a
tad,
and
it's
also
located
in
a
federal
opportunities
own,
which
has
the
potential
you
know
to
drive
redevelopment
in
that
area
as
well,
and
then
there's
also
numerous
stakeholder
older
stakeholders
in
the
area
too,
such
as
the
mill
district,
which
we
heard
marquette
speak
about
earlier.
F
Neighborworks
Columbus
is
doing
a
lot
in
this
area.
The
housing
authority
would
chase
homes,
Mercy,
med
and
historic
Columbus,
and
many
more
there's
so
many
stakeholders
in
this
area
and
us
one
thing
EPA
wants
to
look
at
you
know,
want
you
to
show
when
they're
awarding
this
grant
funding.
Is
you
know
what's
going
on
in
this
area,
and
how
are
you
going
to
be
able
to
use
this
funding
to
benefit
this
community?
F
So
since
this
is
about
the
good,
bad
and
ugly
of
Columbus
kind
of
wanted
to
go
over
the
good,
bad
and
ugly
of
brownfields?
So
brownfields
are
not
always
what
they're
perceived
to
be
they
sometimes
you
can
look
at
a
site
and
you're
gonna
say
yeah,
that's
contaminated,
that's
a
brownfield,
but
it
may
not
be
or
you
could
look
at
a
site,
and
you
say
that
site
now
that
that's
clean,
that's
that's
a
nice
piece
of
property
and
then
you
go
in
there
and
you
realize
it's
a
brownfield.
F
F
So
the
first
site
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
is
the
Port
Columbus
property.
To
give
you
a
history
of
this
property,
the
city
acquired
this
property
from
the
Georgia
Ports
Authority
in
the
December
of
2017,
and
when
we
wouldn't
the
city
acquired
that
site,
everybody
just
thought.
Oh,
this
site
is
going
to
be
so
contaminated,
its
above-ground
storage
tanks.
We
don't
know,
what's
in
these
tanks
and
the
city's
going
to
get
this
property,
and
then
it's
going
to
be
it's
going
to
be
a
nightmare.
F
Well,
they
did
a
phase
one
for
anaphase,
two
prior
to
us
acquiring
the
site.
There
was
a
little
bit
of
contamination
on
the
site.
It
was
just
in
a
little
small
area
in
the
corner
that
soil
was
remediated
for
a
minimum
of
that
middle
minimal
amount
of
cost.
And
then
we
went
back
out
right
before
we
were
going
to
go
ahead
and
acquire
the
property.
We
did
another
phase,
one
and
another
phase.
F
Two,
because
a
lot
of
you
know
if
you
do
phase
one
there's
only
good
for
12
months,
so
you
got
to
go
back
and
do
another
one.
So
we
were
able
to
use
this
this
grant
to
do
the
phase
one,
but
because
the
look
of
the
contamination
that
was
found
prior,
we
could
not
use
this
grant
funding
for
Phase
two,
but
the
city
did
pay
for
Phase
two
did
additional
soil
testing
and
discovered
that
this
property
is
not
contaminated.
F
So
if
you
look
at
the
property,
you
would
say
yeah
that's
contaminated,
but
it's
not,
and
so
this
property,
although
it
is
a
brownfield,
we're
putting
it
on
the
good
list,
because
it's
a
brownfield,
but
it's
not
asking
Taman
ated
as
everybody
perceived
the
property
to
be
in
the
first
place.
But
I
do
have
a
really
good
announcement
on
this
property.
The
city
is
in
the
process
of
demolishing
the
tanks
to
get
it
ready
for
future
redevelopment,
and
we
actually
this
morning,
was
able
to
get
that
scheduled
for
October
31st
at
10:00
a.m.
F
The
second
site
is
a
privately
owned
former
gas
station.
This
grant
was
able
to
go
out
there
and
pay
for
ESA
phase
ones
and
ESA
phase
two
hazardous
material
survey,
which
is
getting
the
lead
and
asbestos
tested
inside
the
building.
We
did
find
that
there's
underground
storage,
tanks
on
site
and
there's
VOCs
on
site,
which
is
volatile.
Organic
compounds,
which
are
you
know,
items
that
might
have
seeped
in
the
soil
from
something
that
was
you
know
previously
on
site
such
as
paint
thinners,
adhesives,
dry,
cleaner
fluids,
anything
like
that
could
be
in
the
soil.
F
So
this
property,
although
you
know
we
find
this
contamination,
doesn't
mean
that
the
property
is
never
going
to
be
redevelopment.
It's
doable
I
mean
it
will
be
redeveloped
in
the
future,
but
it's
just
going
to
take
a
little
bit
more
to
get
to
that
point,
because
some
of
this
contamination
will
have
to
be
remediated
in
the
future.
So
this
one.
F
This
next
slide
is
also
another
abandoned
former
gas
station.
The
grant
paid
for
a
phase
one
phase,
two
soil
vapor
assessments
on
the
side
on
this
side
as
well.
One
of
the
things
that
was
good
on
this
side
is,
you
know
we
conducted
a
Seoul,
vapor
assessment
and
found
out
that
the
soil
vapor,
although
it
had
a
little
bit
of
contamination,
it
wasn't
as
bad
as
we
thought
it
was
going
to
be,
which
is
a
good
thing
so,
which
means
less
cleanup
for
the
owner
of
this
site.
So
there's
still
a
good
potential.
F
Now,
this
next
site,
some
of
you
are
aware
of
this
site,
but
for
those
of
you
who
are
not,
if
you
saw
this
property,
if
you
rode
by
this
property,
what
would
you
think?
Would
you
think
that
it
would
be
good?
Because
to
me
it
just
looks
like
a
vacant
piece
of
property.
Well,
we
went
out
on
site
conducted
a
phased
one
found
that
at
first
well,
there's
an
adjacent
dry
cleaner
that
used
to
be
on
this
site
in
the
past.
F
So
well,
there
might
be
a
potential
for
contamination,
don't
know
for
sure,
got
onto
the
Phase
two
and
discovered
that
this
was
an
undocumented
landfill.
So
for
us
thinking,
oh
this
site
is
going
to
be
great
for
a
future
development,
well
needles
to
say
now.
This
site
will
probably
only
be
able
to
use
for
a
green
space
or
a
park
in
the
future.
F
F
And
this
is
our
famous
former
farmers
market.
Many
of
you
aware
this
site,
the
city
acquired
it
from
the
state
of
Georgia.
In
the
beginning
of
2019,
we
had
worked
with
the
cemetery
foundation.
How
favorite
for
a
long
time,
he
really
had
an
interest
in
this
property.
He
wanted
to
redevelopment
into
green
space
would
be
something
that
could
connect
all
three
historic
cemeteries
and
make
that
area.
Look
so
much
more
beautiful.
So
we
worked
with
them,
was
able
to
acquire
this
site
and
we
were
using
art.
F
We
were
able
to
use
the
grant
funding
to
do
the
ESA
phase
ones,
the
ESA
phase,
twos
hazardous
material
surveys,
and
we
did
find
that
this
site
is
contaminated,
which
we
knew
this.
We
knew
it
was
contaminated,
but,
and
it
was
placed
in
the
ugly
category
we
did
find
petroleum
in
the
soil.
We
did
find
asbestos
and
lead
based
paint
in
the
buildings.
There
are
underground
storage,
tanks
on
site.
It
isn't
that
ugly.
But
on
a
good
note,
we
were
able
to
first
off
place
this
property
in
the
Georgia
brownfield
program.
F
To
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
Georgia
brownfield
program.
What
this
is
is
through
epd
and
it
allows
you
if
you
are
interested
in
a
site
that
you
know
is
contaminated.
You've
had
the
ESA
phase,
Wan's
and
ESA
phase
twos
prepared,
but
you
still
want
to
move
forward
and
you
want
to
try
to
clean
it
up.
This
program
can
help
you
because
it
can
help
a
future
owner
or
developer,
be
protected
from
liabilities
of
contamination.
F
So
if
you
know
that
it's
contaminated,
you
get
it
tested,
you
figure
out:
what's
there
you
clean
up
the
site
and
as
you're
cleaning
up
the
site,
you
find
additional
contamination.
The
new
owner
is
not
going
to
be
held
liable
for
that
conditional
contamination
because
they
entered
into
this
program
and
protected
themselves.
Another
benefit
of
this
program
is
that
it
can
and
it
can
have.
You
can
need
a
tax
abatement
on
any
future
developments
there
for
up
to
ten
years.
F
So
if
you
find
a
site
that
is
contaminated
and
it's
a
brownfield
and
you're
interested
in
redeveloping
it
anyway,
you
can
enter
the
entered
that
site
into
the
Georgia
APD
brownfield
program
and
then
you're
able
to
so.
If
you're,
paying
currently
say
five
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
taxes,
you
go
and
redevelop
the
site
say
after
redevelopment,
you've
got
to
pay
$20,000
a
year.
Texas
your
taxes
are
frozen
at
five
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
ten
years.
F
For
you
to
be
able
to
recoup
some
of
the
costs
of
what
it
cost
you
to
remediate
that
site.
So
it's
a
great
tool
for
developers
to
come
in
that
might
have
a
brownfield
site
that
they're
interested
in
it's
a
way
for
them
to
recoup
the
money
that
they
put
into
the
pro
that
they
put
into
that
site
to
remove
the
contamination
on
that
site
and
then
also
the
city
was
awarded
a
five
hundred
thousand
dollar
cleanup
grant
for
this
site
as
well.
So
we
were
able
to
go
out
because
the
site
had
contamination.
F
F
When
we
worked
when
we
were
applying
for
the
grant,
we
did
a
lot
of
community
outreach
and
a
lot
of
ideas
came
to
us
and
one
of
the
ideas
was
to
possibly
use
this
site
as
a
future
urban
farm
or
an
agro,
an
agro
hub,
but
anyway,
to
be
able
to
use
it
to
grow
stuff
for
the
community
and
to
have
demonstration
gardens
and
for
field
trips
for
kids
to
bring
or
for
teachers
to
bring
kids
for
them
to
learn
about
growing
to
have
event
space.
These
are
just
been
ideas.
F
That's
been
thrown
out
at
us,
but
again
we'll
be
holding
some
more
public
meetings
we'll
be
trying
to
provide.
You
know
to
gain
some
additional
input
from
the
community
on
what
they
feel
like
this
site
should
be
used
for
in
the
future
and
those
who
will
begin
like
I
was
saying
in
November,
and
community
engagement
is
huge
for
this
grant.
Epa,
that's
the
one
thing
that
they
really
want
the
city
to
do
is
they
want
to
get
community
involved
in
all
aspects
of
the
planning
of
this
grant?
F
So
we
we
do
that
the
Columbus
brownfield
program.
We
have
our
own
website.
We
have
our
own
Facebook
page.
We
have
public
meetings,
we
have
community
outreach
events,
we
do
things
like
we're
doing
today
talking
to
people
about
brownfields,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that,
just
because
somebody
hears
the
word
brownfield,
they
don't
run
away
because
there's
programs
out
there
there's
grants
out
there
there's
funding
available
that
can
be
used
to
redevelop
these
sites,
so
don't
just
leave
them
out
there
blighted
and
contaminated.
F
If
you
have
the
resources,
you
think
it's
a
good
location
for
future
redevelopment
come
to
us
and
we
can
maybe
help
we
might
can
apply
for
a
grant
for
your
your
property
as
well.
I
mean
it
can't
be
under
a
developer's
name,
but
if
you
were
to
transfer
that
property
to
a
non-profit
temporarily
during
redevelopment
or
to
the
Development
Authority
they're
all
eligible
for
these
grants.
F
A
G
G
So
I
claim
this
as
one
of
my
schools,
because
you're
in
one
of
well
you're
in
the
only
neighborhood
we
work
today
for
those
of
you
who
had
the
privilege
of
being
on
my
bus
and
got
to
listen
to
me
scream
at
you.
This
is
where
NeighborWorks
Columbus
has
been
working
for
the
past
two
years.
You
saw
emeritus
mills
where
we're
building
the
108
elderly,
low
income
and-
and
you
will
you'll
hear
more
about
Anderson
village
and
the
4th
Avenue
corridor.
G
But
while
we
were
doing
that,
we
really
got
fortunate
because
in
this
community
was
one
of
the
best
schools
with
one
of
the
best
staff
and
cadre
of
professionals
in
our
portfolio
of
great
schools,
and
so
it
is
I'm
thrilled
to
be
able
to
welcome
you
to
Fox
elementary
and
to
be
able
to
bring
up
a
bet.
Scarborough
dr.
Scarborough
came
to
us
from
Florida,
because
dr.
G
H
Well,
that's
not
much
to
live
up
to
Cathy
things.
I
do
appreciate
you
being
here.
This
is
an
honor
and
a
privilege
to
serve
this
school,
this
community
and
this
staff
every
day,
as
Cathy
said,
we
absolutely
have
the
best
staff
and
hopefully,
as
I,
go
through
some
stories
and
some
circumstances
today.
You'll
see
why
they
would
outshine
everybody
else
in
Muskogee
County,
because
they
really
have
to
work
at
a
different
level
and
a
different
expectation
because
of
the
community
that
we
serve
so
I'm
gonna
get
started.
I
won't
keep
you
too
long.
H
If
you
have
questions
at
the
end,
just
you
know
hold
those
and
we'll
get
to
those
at
the
end.
When
I
first
came,
we
were
a
failing
school,
so
you
know
you're,
just
like
oh
my
gosh
now
you
know
we're
in
a
tough
neighborhood
we're
a
failing
school.
So
what
do
we
do
about
it?
And
the
more
I
got
to
thinking
about
the
students
that
we
serve
the
families
that
are
here
in
the
condition
of
the
school.
H
The
situation
we
were
in
demography
is
not
our
destiny
came
to
mind
after
I
got
to
hear
that
at
a
wonderful
training,
I
went
to
at
Harvard
one
summer,
and
so
when
I
say
that
I
want
you
to
really
think
about
it.
Demography
is
not
our
destiny.
It's
really
twofold
for
our
students
and
our
families,
where
you
are
today
and
what
your
situation
is,
does
not
have
to
be.
Where
you
end
up,
there's
a
way
to
change
that
and
the
same
thing
for
the
school
being
in
a
failing
status:
it's
not
our
destiny.
H
We
don't
have
to
stay
there
and
so
I'm
gonna
kind
of
share
with
you
how
we
go
through
some
of
those
pieces
and
how
we're
changing
that,
because
where
we
are
today,
is
not
where
we're
gonna
end
up
at
the
end.
Thank
you
so
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
student
achievement.
These
are
some
of
our
scores
over
the
years
on
CC
RPI,
which
is
the
measure
that
the
state
uses
to
say
how
successful
or
how
unsuccessful
a
school
is.
So
when
you
look
at
those
in
2015,
that
was
a
failing
score
2016.
H
H
I
know
my
staff
is
doing
the
work,
that's
needed
for
the
metrics
change,
so
you
just
roll
with
it
and
fortunately
I've
been
privy
to
see
a
little
bit
of
our
data
coming
in
and
as
the
metrics
go
right
now,
it's
still
embargoed,
so
I
can't
share
with
you
the
real
numbers,
but
we
are
not
failing.
So
that's
very
exciting.
H
Not
where
we
want
to
be
by
any
means,
but
we
are
not
where
we
were
so
that's
an
important
piece,
but
I
want
to
tell
you
these
scores,
this
F
or
D,
or
a
or
C
or
whatever
school
gets,
does
not
tell
the
story
of
the
school,
and
certainly
the
DS
and
the
FS
that
you
see
up.
There
does
not
tell
the
story
of
Fox
elementary,
the
schools,
just
they
don't
tell
you
about
the
students.
I
think
you
got
to
see
about
six
of
our
fabulous
kids.
H
As
you
came
in
in
different
spots,
let
me
tell
you
about
the
kids
that
are
here
not
this
big,
ugly
score
that
shows
up
in
October
every
year
our
kids
are
kind
as
you
leave
and
go
back
out,
there's
a
kindness
wall,
and
so
when
they're
caught
being
kind
we're
putting
up
what
they
did,
our
fifth
grade
boys
are
happy
to
get
their
name
on
the
kindness
wall.
That's
a
big
deal
of
y'all
to
get
fifth
grade
boy
he's
to
buy
into
something
and
being
kind
is
what
we
do.
Our
kids
can
work
collaboratively.
H
They
work
with
one
another
they're
getting
better
at
it
every
day
and
those
of
you
in
the
business
world.
You
need
that
right,
that's
something
you're
looking
for
can
I
work
with
others
can
I
get
a
project
done,
they
don't
fight.
We
rarely
have
a
true
fistfight
here.
One
year
we
worked
one
two
school
years.
We
went
18
months
without
one
without
a
real
fight.
We've
had
a
couple
of
you
know
punches
through
him.
It's
not
you
know
fisticuffs
here
you
know
people
pulling
them
apart.
H
We
don't
fight
anymore
and
our
kids
are
starting
to
love.
Reading
those
of
you
may
say.
Well
when
I
first
came,
it's
not
a
kid
picking
up
a
book,
they
did
not
care
to
pick
up
a
book
of
their
own
accord
and
just
read
now
they
want
to
read.
We
have
helped
to
you,
know,
work
in
that
love
of
reading,
for
them
our
kids,
love
gardening.
The
group
from
Brookstone
comes
over
in
the
afternoons
and
helps
with
Boys
and
Girls
Club
and
we're
growing.
H
You
know,
plants
and
vegetables
and
fruits
and
stuff
out
back
and
they're
excited
about
it
and
they're
working
hard.
Every
day
to
catch
up,
it's
rare
that
I
go
in
a
classroom
that
a
child's
not
really
working
at
their
full
potential
nobody's
sleeping,
nobody's
grumpy
they're
just
doing
the
work.
So,
even
though
we're
a
failing
school,
it
doesn't
tell
you
about
what
our
kids
are
really
like
every
day.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you
realize
that,
because
the
number
just
doesn't
tell
the
whole
story.
H
So
as
we
look
at
the
next
piece
today
was
an
interesting
day.
It
was
a
rainy
day
and
the
rainy
day
kind
of
yields
a
lot
of
absences.
We
can't
teach
an
empty
chair
and
if
you
look
at
this
in
2018,
the
first
quarter,
that's
the
first
nine
weeks,
we've
just
passed
that
with
three
hundred
and
thirty
or
so
students
we
had
800
absences
last
year,
we're
already
at
655.
Today,
that's
a
lot
of
absences.
H
All
we
were
probably
down
by
20
or
25
percent
today
because
of
the
rain,
because
it
rained
it
arrival
today,
kindergarten
and
fifth
grade
had
parent
conference
day.
You
know
one
teacher
had
11
parents
scheduled.
She
only
got
three
here.
I
mean
11
had
committed
out
of
the
22.
Only
3
showed
up
I
know
it's
because
of
the
rain.
They
live
five
or
six
blocks
away,
no
one's
walking
over
in
the
rain.
So
we
know
that's
an
issue.
H
Our
tardies
are
a
little
up
this
year
and
every
minute
that
a
student
misses
it's
so
hard
to
catch
back
up,
and
so
this
is
really
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
that
we
have
not
figured
out
how
to
correct.
We
don't
know
what
the
answer
is.
Yet
to
that
we're
not.
We
haven't
stopped
looking,
but
we
don't
know
what
the
answer
is
to
ensuring
that
parents
buy
into
the
that
education
is
the
most
important
thing
they
do
every
day.
H
Excuse
me
next,
sorry,
we
don't
have
the
clicker
and
how
about
today.
So
let
me
tell
you
a
couple
of
stories,
so
we've
seen
some
data.
So
let
me
tell
you
a
couple
of
stories.
We
are
the
only
school
that
has
a
Boys
and
Girls
Club
on
our
campus
in
the
Muscogee
County
area.
I
was
so
fortunate
met,
Rodney,
close
superintendent's,
any
member
said:
hey
talk
to
my
friend
Rodney
and
see
what
y'all
can
do
over
there.
So,
in
an
hour
we
had
this
fixed.
We
had
a
whole
plan
and
I
mean
literally
one
hour.
H
We
were
done
with
this,
but
let
me
tell
you
why
this
is
so
important.
We
have
a
student.
Thank
you.
We
I'll
tell
you
dirt
one's
story
so
one
time
sometime
last
year,
I
was
up
in
my
office
area
and
I
could
hear
just
screaming
going
on
here.
Just
you
know,
kind
of
loud
screaming
I
looked
at
my
watch,
I'm
like
what's
not
pre-k
time.
You
know
because
our
babies
sometimes
will
scream
coming
down
the
hall
and
I
was
like
that's
just
odd.
Let
me
go
check
on
that.
H
So
I
head
out
I'm,
going
to
check
I
found
to
the
you
know,
source
of
the
sound
and
my
academic
dean
was
already
over
there
and
a
teacher
was
over
there
with
a
student,
and
he
was
just
screaming
at
the
top
of
his
lungs
and
all
I
could
make
out
was
he
goes,
I
want
my
and
I.
We
just
couldn't
tell
what
he
was
saying
and
it
started
with
an
M,
but
it
wasn't
mom.
You
know
because
I
thought,
oh,
you
must
be
sick.
I
get
a
little
closer.
H
Well,
I
see,
there's
a
pool
of
vomit,
so
I
stopped
because
I
just
can't
go
any
further
and
they're
already
two
adults
how
funny
much
closer
and
he's
just
screaming
and
I'll
call
his
mom
and
so
they're
talking
to
him
and
he's
screaming.
I
won't
let
my
and
about
that
time
he
reached
down
into
the
pool
of
vomit
and
picked
up
a
chunk
of
meat,
and
he
was
screaming.
I
want
my
meat
because
he
was
gonna
be
hungry.
He
knew
he
had
to
go
home.
He
was
second
grade.
He
knew
because
he
had
thrown
up.
H
He
was
gonna
have
to
go
home
and
food
scarcity
is
such
an
issue
in
our
neighborhood.
He
he
was
just.
He
knew
he
was
gonna
get
to
eat
again.
So
at
that
second
I
said:
buddy
I'll
go
to
the
lunchroom.
Get
you
another
tray
to
take
home,
I
mean
thinking
he's
sick
on
his
stomach.
I,
don't
know
what
he's
gonna
want
to
eat
but
we'll
send
it
home.
He
stopped.
He
stopped
screaming.
H
He
was
fine
as
soon
as
he
knew
he
was
going
to
get
that
tray
to
go
home,
and
so
that
prompted
us
to
realize
the
big
picture
of
what
we
deal
with
our
kids.
Just
don't
always
have
enough
food.
So,
with
the
addition
of
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
they
were
able
to
do
dinner.
So
every
student
who
attends
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
which
right
now
it's
between
85
and
a
hundred
a
day
out
of
our
335.
They
get
a
hot
dinner
and
then
they
get
a
snack
before
they
go
home.
H
So
right
now
as
we're
speaking
they're
back
in
the
art
room,
we've
adjusted
today
for
you
guys
and
they're
having
dinner,
and
so
that
is
such
a
blessing
to
those
kids,
because
Boys
and
Girls
Club
is
free
for
our
students.
It's
not
free
for
the
other
clubs
around
town,
but
it's
free
for
our
kids
because
of
the
generosity
of
the
community
through
United,
Way
and
other
supports,
and
so
they
get
the
food
and
then
the
other
thing
that
we've
just
recently
gotten
a
sponsor
for
our
weekend.
H
Food
packs
and
we
sent
home
a
notice
feeding
the
valleys
gonna.
Do
a
weekend,
food
pack
for
kids
and
200
of
our
335
signed
up
because
they
need
that
food.
So
we
know
there's
some
things
beyond
what
we
do
with
reading
writing,
math
that
we
have
to
take
care
of,
and
thankfully,
with
the
generosity
of
the
community
and
the
supports
of
agencies
like
Boys
and
Girls
Club
were
able
to
take
care
of
at
least
100
kids
that
stay
and
take
care
of
those
things.
H
So
that's
a
big
plus
the
children
that
go
to
Boys
and
Girls
Club
also
have
scored
better
on
their
reading
tests,
and
things
like
that,
we
can
measure
their
reading
scores
with
a
mark.
Called
Lexile
tells
you
where
they
are
grade-level
wines
if
they
go
to
Boys
and
Girls
Club
they've
grown
almost
two
years,
where
the
rest
of
our
kids
are
growing
a
good
year
and
a
third,
and
so
because
of
that
input
that
they
have,
they
have
the
homework
help
they
have
dinner.
H
They
play
sports
because
our
kids
really
don't
get
to
go
and
play
organized
sports
and
they
get
character
add
in
the
afternoon.
So
that's
why
we're
working
on
that
social-emotional
learning!
That's!
Why
we're
much
more
kind
if
we
used
to
be
we're
not
fighting
and
we're
working
together,
so
Boys
&,
Girls
Club
is
a
real
benefit
to
our
students
and
our
our
community.
Here.
H
So
the
other
thing
that
we
have
is
a
little
different
than
the
other
schools
and
we
have
mercy
met
at
Fox.
As
you
came
in,
there
is
a
door
and
we
have
an
urgent
care
clinic
right
here
in
our
school,
and
so
we
are
so
fortunate
to
have
Megan
Brooks
she's,
a
physician's
assistant
who
comes
three
mornings
a
week
to
serve
our
kids
and
our
staff.
H
If
they've
got
a
cold,
if
they've
got
a
sinus
infection,
if
they're
just
feeling
crummy
they're
gonna
come
on
to
work,
thankfully
we
can
send
them
over
to
Mercy
Medford
an
urgent
care
visit
in
and
out
in
15
minutes,
and
they
can
pick
up
their
prescription
over
at
CVS
on
the
way
at
lunch
or
whatever
they
need,
and
it
really
saves
them
a
lot
of
time.
But
what
we're
noticing
we
had?
A
hundred
and
seventy
seven
students
see
Mercy
med
last
year
and
we
are
about
ninety
five
percent
of
our
students
have
signed
up.
H
So
that's
huge
that
any
time
they're
not
feeling
well,
we
can
have
them
seen
because,
most
of
the
time
our
kids
end
up
in
the
emergency
room,
they
don't
really
have
pediatricians
generally,
and
so,
if
they're
sick
with
strep,
they
end
up
in
the
emergency
room
three
or
four
days
later,
when
it's
really
bad
and
then
they've
already
missed
two
or
three
days
of
school,
two
or
three
more,
and
so,
whenever
Mercy
med
came
on
their
whole
goal
was
to
help
us
with
the
attendance
piece.
How
can
we
help?
H
One
of
the
stories
that
we
were
able
to
catch
at
Mercy,
Medical
abuela
Caleb,
was
four.
He
was
a
brand
new
pre-k
student
he's
as
busy
as
a
Mexican
jumping
bean.
If
you
know
what
that
sir,
he
never
is
still,
and
so
one
day
his
teachers
cuz,
he
pulls
up
his
shirt.
He
says:
hey,
look
and
he's
got
this
big
patch
on
his
side
right
here
and
they
could
kind
of
smell
something
kind
of
funky.
You
know
and
they're
like
what
in
the
world,
so
they
brought
him
up
to
mercy
man.
H
His
mom
had
signed
him
up,
welcome
to
find
out.
He
had
a
feeding,
tube
hole
that
was
infected.
Well,
the
feeding
tube
had
been
taken
out
when
he
was
2,
so
he's
four.
So
he's
had
an
open
wound
for
two
years
and
so
that
stays
infected
I
mean
because
it
was
yuck.
I
couldn't
go
near
that
either
there's
couple
of
things
I
just
can't
do,
and
so,
thankfully,
with
Mercy
med
being
on
campus
and
Megan
being
here,
we
were
able
to
obviously
address
the
initial
infection
she
cleaned
and
dressed
the
wound.
H
Every
other
day
when
she
was
here,
she
sent
supplies
home
to
the
family,
so
they
could
continue
to
clean
and
dress
the
wound,
and
then
she
worked
diligently
to
get
them
an
appointment
with
a
surgeon
to
get
it
closed
up.
It
took
a
little
while,
because
mom
had
some
difficulties
with
transportation,
so
we
also
had
to
help
with
that
and
finally
later
that
year
think
in
February
he
was
able
to
have
his
surgery
and
have
that
wound
closed
up
and
had
we
not
had
mercy
men
here,
Caleb
wouldn't
have
had
that.
H
So
we
were
really
fortunate
that
she's
here
that
we're
checking
in
on
kids
and
things
like
that
every
single
day
and
it
just
it's
really
a
benefit
to
the
staff
as
well.
I
appreciate
being
able
to
go
see
her.
If
I'm
feeling
young,
but
we're
really
thankful
for
that
as
well,
so
the
last
story-
I
know
it's
a
little
bit
of
date,
a
little
bit
of
heart
lots
of
stories,
our
normal,
the
normal
that
you
and
I
have
is
not
the
normal
of
the
kids
at
Fox.
H
So
last
April
24th,
we
were
I
was
expecting
a
visit
from
purpose-built
communities
from
Atlanta.
They
were
coming
down
to
see
the
school
see
how
things
were
going
kind
of
start.
The
process
with
you
know
some
things
that
we
were
doing
with
us
and
suddenly
on
Facebook,
that
night
I
saw
shooting
and
Wilson
gang
shooting
two
cars
came
in
I
was
like,
oh,
that
doesn't
sound
too
good
y'all,
so
kind
of
kept
watching
that
neighborhood
watch
piece
and
was
like
okay
and
then
really
saw
some
more
about
it.
H
You
know
it
ended
up
being
two
rival
gangs
came
in,
they
got
out,
they
shot
at
each
other,
and
then
they
left
no
one
was
killed
or
anything,
and
so
I
thought.
Oh
man,
you
know
we're
gonna
have
to
deal
with
whatever
that
yields
tomorrow
morning
and
so
I
just
had
to
be
prepared,
and
so
then
about
five
o'clock.
When
I
got
up
check,
Facebook
again
just
see
what's
happening
in
the
world
and
there
was
a
dead
body
on
33rd
Street.
H
Some
homeless
person
had
passed
away,
and
so
literally
my
kids
walked
by
I
mean
I
had
kids
coming
in
that
were
hey.
We
saw
a
dead
body
on
the
way
to
school.
This
morning,
I
went
oh
I,
am
so
sorry,
you
know,
and
then,
as
we
got
to
going,
I
made
sure
I
got
to
every
staff
that
morning
as
quickly
as
I
could
have
see
them
in
the
middle
and
I
said
guys.
H
We're
gonna
have
to
give
a
lot
of
grace
and
mercy
today
with
our
kids,
because
we
don't
know
what
who
was
affected
with
the
shooting
last
night
and
the
shooting
took
place
about
7:30
in
the
evening
and
so
in
April
we're
still
under
daylight
saving
time.
So
you
know,
kids
aren't
playing
and
you
know
kids
came
in
for
breakfast,
I
didn't
get
to
my
cafeteria
people
to
tell
them
and
kids
are
going
these
windows
bulletproof,
and
it
was
really
odd.
They
were
like
wonder
why
they're
asking
that
today
and
I
said
well.
H
I
know
why
they're
asking
today.
So
we
told
the
teachers.
If
you
need
me,
if
you
need
the
counselor,
please
come
get
us
so
about
nine
o'clock.
Brayden
comes
up
happens
to
be
Caleb's
little
bigger
brother,
so
Brayden
comes
up
in
his
teachers
with
him
she's
tears
because
she
was
new
here
and
she
just
wasn't
prepared
for
what
was
happening
and
she
said
he
needs
somebody.
I
said
okay,
it's
me,
you
know
counselors
busy
with
somebody
else
and
I
said.
H
What's
the
matter
and
usually
he's
as
wild
as
they
come,
you
know
he
never
sits
still
and
he's
sitting
as
quiet
as
can
be
in
my
chair,
and
he
goes
I
just
can't
get
it
out
of
my
mind.
I
said
what
you
know,
knowing
probably
what's
coming:
he
guys
they
just
shot
up
my
mama's
car
and
shot
all
the
windows
out
in
our
apartment
and
I.
Just
can't
get
it
out
of
my
mind.
I
said:
okay,
so
not
being
fully
trained
to
do
that.
H
Y'all
I'm,
like
okay
I,
said:
what
do
you
want
to
talk
about
it?
Do
you
want
to
draw
about
it?
You
know
just
drawing.
He
goes
I'm,
not
a
drawing
kind
of
person.
I
said:
okay,
we'll
talk,
then
you
know,
and
he
said
he
and
his
cousin
were
outside
playing
and
the
cars
pulled
up
and
started
shooting
he
goes.
H
I
mean
we
know
of
at
least
13
that
were
forthcoming
with
being
affected
by
that,
but
not
sure
how
many
more
but
have
any
of
your
kids
had
to
duck
and
get
on
the
ground
and
run
for
cover
to
get
what
away
from
gunfire
mm-hmm.
They
could
tell
us
what
everybody
looked
like.
They
could
tell
us
what
the
guns
looked
like.
They
knew
the
names
of
the
guns.
H
They
were
real
clear
on
this
because
they
were
there
and
they've
seen
it,
and
so
that
day,
reading
math
science
and
social
studies,
probably
not
the
most
important
thing.
My
staff
did
that
day,
love
care,
safety,
security,
compassion,
grace
and
mercy
were
the
most
important
things
that
they
did
that
day.
So
that's
why
I
say
my
staff
has
to
be
the
best
in
the
town,
because
other
staffs
aren't
doing
that.
You
don't
have
a
whole
school
coming
in
that
half
of
your
school
may
have
seen
this
or
heard
of
this
or
experienced
this.
H
So
not
only
do
we
have
to
be
experts
in
the
content
in
the
curriculum,
but
we
have
to
be
the
counselors.
We
have
to
be
the
sounding-board.
We
have
to
be
the
one
to
know
where
to
get
the
next
piece
of
help
that
our
families
and
kids
need,
and
so
when
I
say
that
our
normal
is
not
their
normal.
We're
really
talking
about
something
that
might
you
might
not
have
thought
about,
so
we
have
to
think
differently
and
work
differently
here.
H
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
really
thankful
for
is
the
generosity
of
the
community.
The
mill
district
has
been
very
helpful
in
supporting
us.
We,
they
gave
us
enough
money
to
purchase
an
assistant,
principal
and
another
academic
coach
to
support
the
teachers
and
the
staff,
and
then
the
social
worker
and
the
parent
liaison
to
support
the
families
and
the
students.
That's
huge
for
our
school
to
have
that
additional
support.
Other
people
in
the
community
have
helped
Evangel
temple
gave
Christmas
boxes
last
year,
like
Operation
Christmas,
Child
I
promise
you.
H
It
was
the
highlight
of
my
entire
career
to
see
children,
open
boxes
and
just
the
pure
joy.
So
if
you
need
some
joy
hit
me
up
and
you
can
come
hang
out
with
us
and
watch
kids
open
Christmas
presents
because
they
called
me
again
and
they're
ready
to
do
it
again
as
a
community.
A
lot
of
these
places
don't
want
the
recognition,
they
don't
do
it
for
the
name
being
out
there.
They
do
it
because
they
love
children.
H
They
love
this
community
and
they
want
to
help
take
care
of
the
least
of
these
at
times
so
I'm
thankful
for
the
community
support,
and
many
of
you
have
probably
participated
in
so
many
of
the
things
that
effect
Fox
anytime
you've
given
to
United
Way
we've
been
a
recipient
in
a
lot
of
ways.
So
we
appreciate
what
you
do
and
together
we
will
change
the
world.
Thank
you.
H
H
Okay,
so
most
of
our
kids
I'll
tell
you
the
whole
route.
If
they
live
over
in
Wilson
and
on
the
back
side
of
the
school,
they
go
to
double
churches
and
then
to
Jordan
and
then
whenever,
if
they
live
on
the
front
side
of
the
school,
they
go
to
Arnold
middle
and
then
back
over
to
Jordan.
So,
okay,
yes,
ma'am.
I
H
Turnover
or
student
turnover
student
turnover,
thank
you
just
checking
a
little
bit
about
I
mean
student
turnover,
we're
probably
at
a
38%
mobility
rate,
so
the
kids
that
I
mean
we
I've
been
assigned
seven
withdrawal
forms
in
one
day
like
three
weeks
after
school,
starting
like
heck.
We
just
got
here.
Where
are
you
going,
and
so
we
get
a
lot
of
kids
back
and
forth
with
several
schools
close
to
us,
but
also
in
the
south
side
of
town.
H
We
get
them
from
Brewer
Dorothy
Height
that
area,
and
then
they
get
them
back
it
just
kind
of
bumps
back
and
forth.
Oh
I
mean
whenever
they,
when
the
rent
comes
to
or
they
can't
afford
the
power
bill.
The
water
bill,
those
kind
of
things
which
I
know
Cathy's
group
has
helped
them
with
some
of
those
pieces.
Then
they
have
to
move
you
know
and
so
or
they
have
to
go,
live
with
someone
or
whatever
circumstance
happens,
so
those
kind
of
things.
Okay,
any
other
questions.
Thank
you.
We
appreciate
good.
E
H
Excellent
question
Adrian,
certainly
reading
I
mean
because
honestly
reading
is
the
deal.
If
you
can't
read,
you
can't
do
your
mouth,
you
can't
do
your
sons,
you
get
to
your
social
studies.
The
majority
of
our
kids
come
in
a
good
two
years
behind
in
vocabulary,
development.
If
you've
listened
to
any
of
the
basics.
I
know
many
of
you
know
of
that.
We
know
that
that
vocabulary,
development
is
critical.
We
know
that
brain
development
happens
at
eight.
H
Eighty
percent
of
brain
development
happens
it's
by
three
way
before
we
get
them
at
five
or
even
four,
and
so
we
are
working
with
that.
Pierce
Chapel,
United,
Methodist,
Church
sins
and
readers-
probably
about
thirty.
Five
readers
come
this
year
and
they
read
to
one
student,
develop
a
relationship
and
things
like
that.
But
what
nail?
What
could
we
do
now?
So
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
have
Adrian
also
is
access
to
mental
health
services
in
this
community.
There
is
a
big
big
gap
for
that.
H
Our
parents
won't
go
to
it
because
it's
too
far
away,
there's
no
one
coming
to
us
because
right
now
mercy
man
doesn't
have
that
component
and
so,
as
a
community,
you
might
say
how
can
I
help?
That's
how
I
need
help.
We
need
better
access
to
mental
health
services
here
in
our
school
we've
got
the
facility
the
place.
We
just
need
the
person.
So
that's
an
easy
thing
to
do.
I
think.
G
We
could
go
on
with
dr.
Scarborough
forever,
because
there's
so
many
stories
and
so
much
information
that
come
out
of
this
school
and
this
isn't
the
only
School
in
Muskogee
County.
So
if
you
want
to
help
with
the
youth
I
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
some
of
our
underprivileged
schools.
So
let
me
change.
Hats
is
dr.
Edmonds
didn't
still
with
us,
I
didn't
Sam,
but
he
was
with
us
earlier
another
school
board
member.
G
So
let
me
put
on
my
hat
of
NeighborWorks
Columbus
and
talk
to
you
very
specifically
about
some
of
the
work,
we're
doing
here,
a
new
program
and
then
some
opportunities
for
changing
the
paradigm
on
funding
these
type
of
challenges
in
our
community.
So
first
of
all,
NeighborWorks
Columbus
actually
was
birthed
out
of
the
very
first
good,
bad
and
ugly
tour
in
1997
I
was
with
the
Greater
Columbus
Home
Builders
Association.
We
did
exactly
this
22
years
ago.
G
Then
we
spent
a
year
and
a
half
studying
the
issue
of
substandard
housing
and
the
availability
of
affordable
housing
and
from
that
came,
NeighborWorks
Columbus.
So
it's
nice
to
see
this
circle
closed
a
little
bit,
but
I
wish
it
could
be
done
with
a
little
bit
better
news.
So
twenty
four,
the
last
twenty
years
that
we've
been
producing
housing,
we're
Hauser's
and
we
do
multifamily
as
you've
seen,
but
our
Genesis,
our
heart
is
in
single-family
because
we
don't
think
families
want
to
raise
their
children.
G
G
The
next
one
is
kind
of
what
we
call
the
the
lower
middle
class
of
our
community,
where
there's
over
7,000
unit
gap
between
what's
available
and
what's
affordable,
and
what
do
I
mean
by
that?
If
you
are
paying
any
more
than
30
percent
of
your
income
towards
your
housing,
you
were
deemed
cost
burden,
I,
don't
care
how
much
money
you
make
it
doesn't
matter
if
you're
paying
more
than
30
percent
of
your
income
to
housing
cost
than
you
are
cost
burdened.
G
What
we
see
on
the
lower
income
scales
is
that
number
becomes
drum
a
dramatic
gap
and
that
impact
is
profound
because,
if
you're
working
minimum
wage
we
heard
this
morning,
that's
not
going
to
cover
the
cost
of
a
one-bedroom
apartment
anywhere
in
this
country,
and
Columbus
isn't
YOUnique
it's
also
in
Columbus.
So
when
you
make
when
you
pay
over
30
percent,
you
have
to
make
very
difficult
decisions
every
day
like
what
do
you
feed
your
children
and
sometimes
how
do
you
feed
your
children
like?
G
You're
not
doing
any
of
those
things
because
you're
thinking
about
how
you're
gonna
get
home
from
that
second
shift:
wake
your
children
up
pile
them
into
your
grandmother's
car
and
getting
them
out
of
the
neighborhood.
Because
the
next
morning
the
marshals
are
supposed
to
show
up
and
put
all
your
stuff
on
the
curb,
because
you're
being
evicted
or
like
when
I
went
and
visited
one
of
our
elderly
residents,
homes
and
I
went
through
it
and
I
came
back.
I
said
Miss
Smith
where's
your
refrigerator.
She
said.
G
Oh
baby,
I
haven't
had
one
of
those
in
years,
that
is
in
Columbus
Georgia,
and
these
are
the
decisions
that
people
who
are
living
in
our
low-income
communities
are
dealing
with
every
day
we
have
a
housing
crisis
between
what
is
available
and
what
is
affordable.
So
there
are
over
14,000
families
that
are
having
to
make
those
difficult
decisions
every
day.
Should
they
stay
in
that
substandard
house?
G
That's
creating
the
asthma
in
their
children,
with
the
black
mold
on
the
walls,
because
they're
afraid
to
tell
the
landlord
because
the
rent
will
get
raised
or
do
they
whisk
their
children
out
ahead
of
the
landlord
as
dr.
Scarborough
talked
about.
These
are
the
realities
for
over
14,000
families
in
Columbus,
says
he's
not
even
the
greater
area
I
think
it's
around
17,000
when
you
start
to
bring
in
some
other
area.
G
G
G
It's
elderly
residents
living
in
shacks,
you
might
drive
by
and
think
it's
an
OK
home
until
you
find
out
that
the
only
electricity
they
have
is
for
extension,
cords
that
are
put
together
from
a
neighbor's
house
and
there's,
oh
by
the
way,
there's
no
plumbing
one
of
the
houses
you
drove
by
on
4th
Avenue.
When
we
got
into
it,
the
family
was
living
in
a
house
that
the
commode
was
flushing
into
the
crawlspace
because
they
weren't
even
on
the
sewer
system.
We
got
that
family
out
immediately
drive
by
that
house.
G
It's
on
survival,
so
we
developed
heart
heart
is
an
acronym
I
live
in
acronym
soup.
Hearts
I
can't
do
anything
if
it's
not
an
acronym
I'm,
sorry,
but
heart
stands
for
homeownership
earned
and
reached
together,
and
it's
not
just
homeownership.
It
really
should
be
housing
earned
and
reached
together
where
we
can
take
a
family
that,
if
not
for
one
or
two
things,
if
not
for
you
know
20
years
ago,
what
the
obstacle
was
to
homeownership.
It
was
credit.
Remember
that
remember
credit.
You
don't
hear
that
anymore,
we're
often
than
not.
G
And
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
intervene.
We
have
raised
enough
capital
to
really
roll
this
out
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
we
will
be
working
with
dr.
Scarborough
in
this
community
to
identify
her
children
in
this
school,
her
teachers
that
want
to
participate
on
getting
them
into
good,
decent,
new
or
completely
rehabbed
homes
to
today's
stage,
and
they
will
pay
no
more
than
30
percent
of
their
income
towards
their
rent.
That's
it!
It's
not
rocket
science.
This
is
not
rocket
science.
G
If
we
know
that,
if
we
can
stabilize
that
family
unit
and
get
them
out
from
underneath
that
cost
burden
status,
they
can
breathe,
they
can
be
with
their
children.
They
can
begin
to
pay
down
that
student
debt
or
that
medical
debt,
or
they
can
get
a
better
job
because
they
don't
have
to
pay
everything
that
they
have.
For
that.
One
thing
that
electric
bill,
because
do
you
know
what
I
guarantee
you?
G
That
house
is
not
exactly
what
you
would
call
energy-efficient
that
we
can
start
intervening,
and
we
have
seen
this
because
we
did
a
program
15
years
ago,
based
on
this
same
philosophy
of
no
more
than
30%,
with
section
8
to
homeownership.
Last
month,
our
first
families
came
out
from
underneath
that
subsidies.
G
These
were
families
that
have
lived
on
housing
subsidies
for
generations
and
we
have
taken
them
off
of
all
housing
subsidies
for
generations,
because
they've
lived
in
the
same
home
for
15
years,
because
their
children
have
seen
what
pride
comes
from
being
part
of
a
community
and
not
always
having
to
leave,
leave
and
I.
They
come
up
to
me
in
stores
and
say:
I
cannot
believe
it.
G
I
did
it
one
family
that
I
talked
to
and
winn-dixie
came
out
of
the
old
bTW
15
years
ago,
their
homeowners
with
$40,000
worth
of
equity
in
their
house
right
now,
it's
gonna
put
their
two
children
through
college.
Think
of
that
that's
magic
and
that's
what
we
want
to
do
with
heart,
so
how
we
do
how
we're
going
to
do
it,
because
you
know
I
can
give
me
a
problem.
G
I'm
gonna
give
you
a
solution,
not
gonna,
be
able
to
tell
you
how
to
pay
for
it,
though,
but
I'll
tell
you
how
to
fix
it,
I'm
good
at
that
real
good
at
that.
But
this
time
we
said
we
can't
just
come
up
with
an
answer.
We
have
to
come
up
with
a
total
solution
and
I
want
to
just
finish
on
this
or
talk
to
you
about
thinking
about
giving
and
thinking
about
funding
some
of
the
work
that
we
do
in
this
community
differently.
G
I've
been
on
this
I've
been
on
this
bandwagon
now
for
about
two
years.
Three,
really.
Instead
of
giving
me
money,
don't
get
me
wrong.
I'm
gonna!
Take
your
money.
If
you
want
to
give
it
to
me,
bring
it
on,
but
if
you
really
want
impact,
if
you
really
want
to
change
a
community,
let
me
use
the
money
doing
items
such
as
EQ
to
Synovus
just
signed
up
for
a
half
a
million
dollar
EQ
last
Friday.
Thank
you
very
much
Synovus.
G
What
what's
the
PNC
doesn't
even
have
a
bank
in
this
area
with
a
footprint
right
just
signed
up
with
another
half
million
dollar,
low-interest
loan,
a
local
Foundation
said
we're
gonna
put
a
million
dollars
behind
it
because
we
believe
that
a
program
related
investment
allows
you
to
use
this
money
to
impact
this
community
more
than
just
one
time.
Let
me
use
the
money.
Let
me
revolve
it.
Let
me
get
a
family
stabilized
when
they
can
buy
that
house,
and
we
will
share
that
equity
with
them.
We
will
move
it
to
the
next
house.
G
Using
the
money
is
the
way
nonprofits
are
going
to
have
to
start
working
because
we
have
limited
resources,
but
if
you
want
to
have
a
dramatic
impact
on
a
community
start
multiplying
that
impact
start
revolving,
that
capital
start
securing
it
at
low
risk.
As
you
can
possibly
assure
and
allow
those
nonprofits
to
do
the
hard
work
of
both
social
impact,
environmental
impact
and
some
economic
impact,
we
will
pay
one
or
two
percent
on
these
investments
know
they're
not
going
to
be
six
or
seven
percent,
which
is
what
market
is.
G
But
these
these
partners
are
saying
we
understand
that,
there's
more
to
an
economic
return.
There
has
to
be
a
socially
just
return
in
the
work
that
we
do
in
this
community
and
it
can
be
done
and
the
state
of
Georgia
was
the
last
partner
that
stood
up
and
said
we're
going
to
put
a
million
dollars
behind
it.
So
right
now,
we've
built
a
capital
about
three
million
dollars,
and
that
sounds
like
a
lot
of
money
and
it
is
a
lot
of
money.
Don't
get
me
wrong,
but
it's
only
about
30
houses.
G
We
have
a
gap
of
14,000,
so
we're
going
to
get
to
work,
trying
to
diligently
revolve
this
money
so
that
30
can
become
45
and
18
months
and
can
become
60
and
24,
and
then
maybe
a
hundred
and
24
in
that
next
year,
so
that
we
can
really
start
having
impact.
It's
going
to
take
everybody
thinking
differently.
G
When
we
came
down
third
Avenue
I,
don't
know
how
many
of
you
really
looked
at
the
housing
you
were
supposed
to
look
at,
but
how
many
of
you
saw
the
rocking
horse
or
the
play
the
play
items:
the
toys
on
the
front,
porches,
those
are
children
that
represents
children
being
raised
in
these
substandard
housing
and
that's
not
acceptable
in
Columbus
Georgia.
It's
something
we
said
in
1997
after
the
first
good,
bad
and
ugly
tour,
where
we
stood
up
and
said
from
every
Pope
at
every
podium
in
every
soapbox.
G
G
So
that's
a
great
question
and
it's
a
real
challenge
for
our
community.
You
know
and
I
think
John
Hutchinson
talked
about
it
this
morning.
Even
a
bad
home
is
still
a
home.
You
know
it's
it's
better
than
nothing,
it's
better
than
the
street,
it's
better
than
not
having
a
roof,
even
if
it
leaks
on
rainy
days
over
your
head.
So
the
city
is
very
challenged
to
really
enforce
of
lien
forced
codes
that
could
condemn
a
house.
G
I
will
tell
you,
though,
if
you
go
through
a
neighborhood,
and
you
really
see
something
that
is,
you
know
the
substandard,
which
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
that
too,
and
you
know
nobody's
living
in
it.
You
can
call
2-1-1
and
report
it
and
if
codes
gets
out
there
and
it's
truly
not
it's
not
occupied
3-1-1.
G
J
G
G
E
G
G
Can
I
just
please
say
thank
God
for
the
City
of
Columbus?
Can
I
just
give
a
shout-out
to
the
community
reinvestment
department
or
whatever
they're
called
these
days.
Laura
is
just
amazing.
I
know
that
the
mayor
is
committed
to
this
he's
using
CDBG.
We
we
were
able
to
produce
over
a
million
dollars
in
NSP
program
income.
It's
going
into
land
banking,
that's
huge,
really
having
a
vigorous
land
bank
is
gonna,
do
a
lot
of
good
for
the
community.
So
it's
not
like
this
is
happening
in
a
vacuum
everybody's
working
on
it,
everybody
recognize
it.
G
You
know
it's
just
it's
not
a
big
secret,
but
it's
one
of
those
secrets.
We
don't
talk
about
too
often
in
public,
and
we
have
to
talk
about
this
because
it
is
our.
It
is
our
people,
it
is
our
residence.
It
is
our
friends
that
are
living
in
these
and
let
me
tell
you
something:
when
I
can
switch
hats,
real,
quick
and
cause
whiplash
event
talked
about
not
being
able
to
teach
these
kids
that
aren't
in
these
in
these
seats.
That's
a
big
deal.
That's
why
I
ran
for
the
school
board.
G
My
board
believed,
like
I,
did
that
the
two
go
hand-in-hand:
Community
Redevelopment
and
educational
attainment
go
hand
in
hand.
So
you
know
it's
all
the
same
mission,
but
what
a
vet
does
every
day
at
this
goal
and
what
that
schools
do
in
district
7.
My
district
every
day
goes
hand
in
hand,
and
this
is
our
future.
G
I
G
Our
area,
our
area,
median
income
for
a
family
of
four,
which
is
the
traditional
use.
We
were
a
little
low
on
that
this
morning
when
we're
showing
that
numbers.
Forty,
seven
thousand
eight
hundred
and
sixty
four
dollars,
something
like
that's
close
to
forty,
eight
thousand.
So
that's
eighty
percent,
so
anything
below
that.
So
you
can
I'm
not
a
good
at
math,
I'm,
sorry,
but
but
it's
it's
around
thirty
thirty-two
thousand-
and
you
know
what
thirty
two
thousand
dollars
is:
that's
our
starting
police,
that
is
our
starting
teachers.
In
some
cases
that
certainly
para
pros.
G
That
is
a
lot
of
the
people.
You
see
every
single
day
on
your
daily
activities.
Forty
seven
thousand
for
a
family
of
four
is
most
of
the
people.
You
see
every
day
on
your
daily
activities.
That's
most
of
us!
So
that's
not!
It's
not
impoverished.
It's
not
people
in
Housing,
Authority
property.
It's
our
low
middle
income!
It
is
you
know
we
do
two
things
in
Columbus.
Incredibly.
Well,
when
it
comes
to
housing,
we
went
buy
some
of
them
on
River
Avenue,
we
house
the
wealthy.
G
K
G
You
know
I
could
go
on
and
on
and
on,
but
there's
not
a
lot.
You
know
when
it
comes
to
housing,
I
work
with
the
city,
it
with
their
home
allocation
and
trying
to
help
with
down
payment
assistance
and
gap
funding,
and
that's
kind
of
where
Hart
pen
settings
on
that
gap,
but
they're
the
heart
there
were
the
working
poor
I
mean
if
you've
heard
that
phrase
working
poor.
That
is
the
working
poor
and
we
should
not
in
this
country,
in
my
opinion
and
I,
don't
want
to
get
too
political.
We
shouldn't
have
that
term.
G
Shouldn't
exist
in
America
working
poor
I
mean
everybody
should
make
a
living
wage.
If
there
was
a
living
wage
and
people
didn't
have
to
work.
Two
and
three
jobs
to
make
ends
meet
to
be
able
to
afford
a
home,
and
we
wouldn't
have
this
problem.
So
you
know
it's
it's
it's
pretty
across
the
board.
There
is
problems,
there's
you
know,
deficits
everywhere,
but
I
will
say:
Columbus
Georgia
probably
does
better
than
most
cities
our
size
and
trying
to
help
again
a
lot
of
our
working
poor
is
invisible.
It's
just
they
don't
come
forward.
G
A
A
That
was
just
fast
and
then
on
top
of
that
mercy,
Mets
here
to
attend
to
the
students
and
to
the
faculty
and
whatnot
and
I
thought
that
has
to
be
innovated,
and
that
has
to
be
something
that
other
folks
need
to
hear
and
understand
about.
But
again
we
want
you
to
hear
some
of
the
challenges
they're
facing
as
well
of
the
school.
So
thank
you
for
your
for
doing
it
for
both
of
y'all.
Would
you
appreciate
it?
Thank
you
for
open
the
school
at
4:00
this
afternoon.
A
A
Me
it
gives
me
pleasure
now
to
introduce
to
you
Julio
Portello
who's,
the
executive
director
of
Midtown,
some
of
us
remember
Julio
when
he
was
a
transportation.
Planner
still
remember
in
clip
matters,
a
senior
transportation
planner
for
that
matter,
with
the
Rita,
the
River
Valley
Regional
Commission
for
the
longest
time,
I
really
off
I.
Think
I'm,
saying
this
correctly
still
the
longest
time
you
didn't
talk
about
bikes
unless
you
talk
about
Julio
and
vice,
firstly,
because
he
really
did
implement
a
lot
of
bikes,
bikes,
bicycling
in
this
community
and
throughout
the
region.
It's
a
home.
A
M
Thank
you
Rick
for
that
introduction,
hello.
Everyone
hope
you'll
enjoy
that
nice
tour
bus.
Yes,
it's
very
good
to
be
here
today
with
you
all
and
I
appreciate,
mayor
Henderson
and
his
staff
and
city
staff.
We
invited
in
Midtown
Inc
to
just
give
you
guys
a
little
rundown
of
how
things
are
going,
and
so
we
can
discuss.
There's
three
topics.
M
They
all
want
to
hear
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly
and
what's
going
on
in
Midtown,
you
know:
I
came
to
Columbus
19
years
ago
from
El
Salvador,
it's
far
very
far
away,
but
at
three
three
three
hour
flight,
a
Central,
American
I,
think
I
made
the
right
decision
and
stay
in
Columbus
I
had
the
opportunity
to
go
to
Spain
or
to
go
to
Dallas
and
I
stayed
here
and
and
I
certainly
do
not
regret
it.
So
it
was
being
here
with
y'all
tonight.
M
M
One
of
the
questions
that
we
get
asked
the
most
is:
where
is
Midtown?
What
are
the
boundaries
of
Midtown,
so
I
brought
you
guys
a
little
map
so
that
you
can
see
what
are
six
square
mile
boundaries
are
the
from
tablet:
Road
Warm,
Springs,
Road,
down
I
to
85
or
Lindsay
Creek
to
MLK
jr.,
Boulevard
and
10th
Avenue.
Within
the
six
square
miles
we
have
24
neighborhoods,
which
includes
six
historic
districts.
M
That's
one
of
the
greatest
things
to
think
about
Midtown
and
what
people
associate
with
Midtown
is
they
think
about
that
neighborhood
community?
When
they
move
here
and
they
think
about
you,
know,
I
want
a
house
with
a
big
yard.
Fencing
yard
and
I
want
my
four
dogs
to
run
around
it.
They
think
of
Midtown
and
we're
very,
very
proud
that
we
can
accommodate
those
people
when
they
come
here
to
town
and
they're
looking
for
house,
and
you
can't
speak
of
Midtown
without
thinking
about
her
public
education
and
thinking
about
the
schools.
M
The
first
thing
that
comes
to
mind
I,
think
for
everybody,
is
Columbus
high
school.
Unless
you
know
Columbus
High
School
is
the
top-ranking
High
School
in
the
state
of
Georgia,
and
we
are
very
very
proud
of
that.
We
are
proud
of
the
work
the
school
systems
doing
there.
Our
teachers
are
the
students
that
attend
at
Columbus,
High
they're
all
involved
in
such
great
things.
Actually,
our
Finance
Manager
at
Midtown
Inc,
her
son,
is
in
the
robotics
team
and
he
by
default,
has
become
our
tech
support
at
the
office
too.
M
So
it's
it's
fascinating
to
hear
what
all
great
things
are
happening
in
Columbus
hi,
so
you
can't
speak
of
Midtown
and
in
schools
without
that,
but
also
IB
schools,
International
Baccalaureate
schools,
I
actually
went
to
an
IB
school
from
the
middle,
elementary
middle
and
high
school,
and
so
I
know
firsthand
that
that
impact
that
that
had
on
my
upbringing
and
my
professional
career.
So
again,
it's
very
very
nice
to
know
that
we
have
IB
schools
in
Midtown
as
well.
M
I
know
you
guys,
drive
down
Cherokee
and
see
lakebottom
Park,
and
that
is
the
heart
of
at
the
heart
of
Midtown.
It
is
perhaps
one
of
the
most.
If
not
the
most
visited
Park
that
we
have
in
Midtown
every
day
you
can
drive
by
and
you'll
see
people
walking,
you'll
see
the
stroller
moms
doing
their
their
workouts
in
the
morning
yesterday
about
4
p.m.
M
I
drove
by
and
it's
wonderful
to
see,
Columbus
High
football
team
practice
in
and
there's
just
so
much
activity
going
there
and
that's
one
of
one
of
those
greatest
things
when
you
drive
by
and
you
can
see,
people
engaging
and
people
utilizing
a
public
space
that
provides
the
amenities
that
people
are
looking
for,
tennis
courts,
football
track,
the
walking
track
playground
a
very
beautiful,
preserved
green
space.
So
it
does
provide
a
lot
of
all
those
things
that
we
look
for
in
a
park
that
you
can
enjoy.
M
Civic
Commons
is
also
one
one
of
the
great
things
in
Midtown:
that's
where
we
have
the
Public
Library,
the
state-of-the-art
natatorium,
School
District
city
services
center
and,
of
course,
Rainey
McCullers
Center
for
the
Arts
as
well.
It's
a
great
development
I,
don't
know
if
y'all
have
noticed,
but
there's
been
some
great
pedestrian
improvements
down
that
portion
of
Macon
Road
at
the
intersections.
M
You've
heard
a
thing
for
the
last
couple
years:
Midtown
talked
about
it.
The
minimum
grid
and
the
minimum
grid
was
a
knight,
Cities
Challenge
proposal
that
one
and
it
allowed
Midtown
to
have
a
mobility
plan
that
shows
us
how
to
connect
or
gives
us
ideas
and
tools
on
how
to
connect
Midtown
and
uptown
or,
as
we
call
her
from
woods
to
water.
How
can
you
ride
your
bike
or
walk
comfortably
from
lakebottom
Park
to
the
river?
M
One
of
the
things
that
we
continues
to
hear,
especially
from
our
younger
demographic
in
Midtown,
is
how
much
they
like
the
ability
that
they
could
walk
to
the
villages
and
13th.
They
can
walk
to
lakebottom
Park.
Now,
with
the
bicycle
infrastructure
done
Cherokee,
they
can
ride
their
bikes
to
the
villages
as
well.
They
can
ride
the
bike,
their
bikes
at
Inglewood,
Park
and
play
disc
golf
again.
M
But
again
you
cannot
think
of
mint
or
speak
of
me
attend
without
mentioning
a
flock,
and
so
what
does
that
mean
to
us?
And
you
know,
that's
a
question:
we've
we've
constantly
asked
ourselves
and
it
comes
with
a
lot
of
great
adjectives,
but
one
of
the
perhaps
the
most
important
one
that
we
discussed
is
it
means
stability.
It
means
it
shows
that
a
business
that
started
in
1955
and
then
built
its
headquarters
in
Midtown
in
1975
has
been
here
since
then,
and
continues
to
grow
and
grow
and
grow,
and
it's
a
hub
for
employment.
M
It's
attracting
new
talent
to
the
area
and
it's
one
of
her,
perhaps
one
of
our
most
important
biggest
partners.
They
support
our
organization
and
the
work
we
do
tremendously
in
their
just
financially,
but
also
as
a
partner
on
the
initiatives
that
we
do
and
just
like,
Aflac
there's.
Other
businesses
like
weight
cleaners
who
just
celebrated
their
80th
anniversary
Dingell,
would
park
at
sorry.
Dingell
would
pharmacy
who's
also
been
80
plus
years
in
Midtown,
and
so
you
have
something
as
fortune.
M
Within
the
commercial
developments
that
we
have
in
Midtown-
and
you
know
no
cross
country,
Plaza
or
public-
says
the
villages
on
13th
were
the
community
foundation
is
located.
Jarrah
fly
wicked
hen.
You
drive
through
this
place.
I
said
these
beasts
are
adequately
developed
commercial
spaces
and
their
vacancy
is
very,
very
low.
We're
actually
a
98
percent
filled
on
those
commercial
spaces.
So
again,
things
are
being
done
right
there
to
attract
this
businesses
to
be
there
and
be
a
staple
of
our
community.
M
Those
were
the
good
things,
just
real
quick.
Let
me
let
me
just
give
y'all
some
numbers
on
Midtown
our
six
square
miles
for
a
percent.
Three
percent
of
the
city's
land
area,
12%
of
the
population
of
Columbus
lives
in
Midtown,
which
is
roughly
about
26,000
people
and
Menten,
is
responsible
for
ten
point.
Four
percent
of
the
city's
tax
base
as
well.
M
So
when
John
Hutchison
today
was
talking
about
that
blige
Index,
we
get
very
excited
about
the
numbers
and
the
data
that
that
gives
us
so
that
we
can
continue
to
work
with
partners
like
historic
Columbus
and
identify
where
these
spots
are
and
build
upon
that
so
John.
Thank
you
for
for
the
great
work.
I
know
we
call
your
office
a
lot,
but
thank
you.
We
appreciate
it
well.
M
There
are
also
some
bad
things
with
with
in
Midtown,
and
we
see
these
as
opportunities
of
course,
and
things
that
we
can
address
and
see
how
we
can
make
things
better
redevelopment
and
investment
in
Midtown,
not
seeing
a
lot
of
that
as
I
mentioned
places
like
the
villages
in
13
that
places
beautifully
developed
for
cross-country
class
that
they
attract
businesses.
But
we
have
a
large
inventory
of
not
so
well
maintained,
not
so
appealing
infrastructure,
but
with
a
lot
of
potential,
and
so
we
have
so
many
great
tools
with
in
Midtown.
M
We
have
we're
a
tax
allocation
district
opportunity
zone
and
we
have
we
have
an
incremental
development
plan.
But
how
do
we
utilize
those
tools
so
that
we
can
get
a
better
mix
of
retail
to
come
to
these
areas
of
Midtown?
And
so
you
drive
down
13th
Street
and
you
see
some
of
these
empty
spots,
and
you
know
it
takes
a
visionary.
It
takes
someone
with
take
some
risk
and
to
try
try
to
open
something
there,
but
with
that
incremental
development
mentality,
one
spot
at
a
time,
we're
really
hoping
that
we
can
change
them
again.
M
You
know
people
looking
for
those
thousand
and
twelve
hundred
square
foot
houses
that
are
not
dilapidated
or
that
are
not
a
that
are
not
rental
houses.
We
get
people
asking
where
it
where,
where
Israel,
affordable
housing
inventory-
and
you
know
when
they're
pointed
to
certain
areas,
it
makes
it
hard
for
someone
to
want
to
make
that
investment.
I
said
you
know
what
I'll
buy
it
for
what
they're
asking
but
I
also
know
I
have
to
put
half
of
that
price
to
get
it
up
and
running.
So
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
that
inventory
either.
M
The
appeal
of
public
transit
with
in
Midtown
has
always
been
a
question
that
we've
been
asking
ourselves
for
a
while,
as
I
spoke
about
Affleck
I
met
with
them
about
three
weeks
ago,
and
they
asked
me
they
asked
me
the
following
question
day:
they're
bringing
a
lot
of
new
new
younger
talent
to
Midtown
to
to
their
headquarters,
and
the
novelist
people
come
from
areas
where
public
transit
is
is
is
the
way
to
transport
yourself,
and
so
they
asked
me
who
live
what
what's
going
on
with
public
transit
in
Columbus?
Why?
M
I,
certainly
know
that
if
I
could
jump
on
a
bus
and
go
have
dinner
and
come
back,
I
would
and
I
have
actually
I,
and
he
was
a
very
enjoyable
experience.
Now.
I
was
the
only
one
on
the
bus.
We
had
three
people
from
Anitha.
We
were
the
only
ones
there,
but
it
did
serve
the
purpose.
But
how
do
how
do
we
teach?
How
do
we
show
that?
That's
a
possibility
and
reached
a
demographic
gap.
There.
M
M
M
M
We
need
to
think
about
how
to
provide
safe,
safe
facilities
for
pedestrians.
We
have
a
large
number
of
seniors
that
are
also
walking.
So
these
are
things
that
all
the
great
things
that
we
see
now
happening
are
things
that
were
planned,
20
30
40
years
ago,
and
so
now
a
thing
is
the
time
to
start
planning
and
start
to
see
where
this
issues
are.
Where
this,
how
the?
How
is
this
connectivity
going
to
happen?
How
do
we
make
our
sidewalks
88
compliant?
That's
another
another
thing.
M
M
There
is
a
perceptive
one
of
the
ugly
things
I
think
within
that
we
experience
is
the
perception
of
crime.
Now
I'm,
not
saying
crime
does
not
exist
or
does
not
occur,
but
is
that
that
perception
of
crime,
misinformation,
statistics
that
are
not
correct
and
we
need
to?
We
need
to
be
good
stewards
of
the
information
that
we
receive.
When
people
come
to
town
and
they're,
they
say
they're
asking:
where
should
I
live?
M
We
shouldn't
have
people
saying:
oh,
don't
don't
don't
go
downtown
or
don't
go
uptown
or
Midtown
crime,
though
go
out
the
Harris
County
go
out
Midland
and
then
that's
fine,
there's
great
housing
inventory
as
well,
but
that
shouldn't
be
the
reason
why
you're
moving
there.
That
should
not
be
the
reason
again.
So
it's
not
it's
to
us
the
way
we
see
it
is
it's.
The
perception
of
crime
right
and
I
know
it's.
The
crime.
M
Misha
is
something
that
was
far
beyond
law
enforcement
and
so
education
and
and
those
opportunities,
those
that
engagement
with
our
neighbors
is
what's
important.
So
there's
a
lot
more.
That
I
could
tell
you,
but
I
wanted
to
keep
it
condensed
because
I
apparently
I'm
the
last
person
between
y'all
on
the
bar
I
see
so
I.
Thank
you
all
for
having
me
here
and
letting
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
of
a
Midtown
story
and,
if
guess,
if
there's
any
time
for
questions.
M
M
Thank
you
that,
and
that
is
we
I
met
with
a
barbershop
of
a
couple
months
ago.
We
had
it
hosted
an
event
with
them
and
they
said
I
have
no
idea.
We
were
in
Midtown,
so
I
believe
that
we
are
working
with
Columbus.
We
do
amazing
now,
which
I
know
Katie
and
Stephanie
have
been
coming
to
our
office
and
helping
us
with
that.
M
L
M
Well,
I
think
that
that
energy
from
those
neighborhoods
and
from
those
people
I
think
it's
also
what
led
to
the
creation,
the
Midtown
Inc
the
organization.
It's
a
group
of
individuals
who
love
Midtown
and
realized
the
history.
How
do
we
define
our
historic
districts
and
from
that
nine
years
ago
my
predecessor
and
King,
one
of
her
great
brainstorming
sessions,
decided
well
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods
made
individually.
I
know
the
Park
District
goes
to
dinner
once
a
month,
I
think,
and
why
don't
we
bring
them
all
together?
M
How
can
we
bring
them
all
together
and
it
started,
and
where
was
the
first
Mingo,
let's
see?
Was
it
sent
hell?
No,
it
was
at
the
villages.
Wasn't
it
at
the
villages
in
13th
I,
remember
that
was
that
was
the
first
mingle
and
I
think.
Maybe
two
or
three
hundred
people
attended
and
this
past
Thursday.
We
had
900
of
our
neighbors
joining
us
there
for
nothing,
but
a
meal
conversation
great
music
and
drinks,
so
it
I
want
to
say
it
happened
organically.
M
But
it's
like
Otis
said
it's
that
love
of
those
strong
neighborhoods
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
work
is:
how
do
we
empower
our
neighborhoods?
How
do
we
help
them
get
organized?
Give
them
those
tools,
we're
a
small
organization
in
terms
of
finances,
but
what
little
bit
of
money
we
had?
M
We
made
available
a
neighborhood
grant
this
past
year,
which
we
put
out
a
call
for
applications,
and
we
gave
out
for
grants
in
a
matter
of
five
weeks
and
there
were
small
grants,
but
this
were
people
that
we
had
not
connected
with
before,
and
people
that
came
with
fantastic
projects.
We
had
a
group
in
East
Highland
who
came,
it
came
apply
for
a
grant
and
what
they
wanted
was
money
to
get
supplies
so
that
they
could
do
a
spring
break.
M
M
Hi
I'm
Julio
there
your
who
and
so
that
really
it's
it's
it's,
but
it
is
as
simple
as
just
making
those
connections
Julio,
you
should
go
see
Johnny
at
Briarwood
or
you
know,
go
talk
to
Lindsay
down
at
East,
Highlands
and
so
making
those
you
can
help
us
making
those
connections
in
areas
where
you
know
there's
a
champion
there,
but
that
we
have
not
reached
out
to
I.
Think
that
that
that's
that's
a
good
good
start.
Yes,.
M
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
with
the
newsletter
is
we
are
rebuilding
our
website
so
that
it
becomes
an
online
online
portal
for
all
all
Finn's,
Midtown
and
it'll
include
our
publications
and
use
letters
so
that
we
don't
have
to
mail
them
out
anymore.
We
definitely
had
a
lot
more
success
via
email
than
we
had
to
it
through
the
mail.