merrythoughts t1_ir1o5s5 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 6:06 PM

Reply to comment by VaderTower in It’s gone. Most well-known home in University Heights demolished Tuesday morning by ChillyGraham

When local communities take a stand against grassroots driven mixed use residential options, it almost always means it delays shit long enough for the big deal investors with the funds and know-how to plow down all rules/regulations and do whatever they want. (Ie build cheaply made luxury apartments that make a huge profit at first but after 5-10 years finally becomes affordableish housing.) see every metro area the last 10 years. Dealing with this same urban dev issue everywhere.

It does not help anyone except the out of town and super rich investors to block small fry shit.

Be pro-local mixed use residential zoning from the get go and it encourages community led/driven density.

VaderTower t1_ir3byq2 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:49 AM

I might not fully agree with all of the points.

But I do wholeheartedly agree that small development helps local. No one out of state or our region is going to come and develop a negligible amount of residential/commercial units. Not worth it. But a local who made money and wants to break into the market would.

We ... need ... more ... mixed ... use.

Everyone complains about Springfield being carcentric. Guess how we fix that. Density. Density plus mixed use walkable neighborhoods that you don't need a car to buy groceries, go eat, or even get to work. Downtown has it, Commercial Street, Pickwick, and Chesterfield (Maybe Farmers Park).