(Richmond, VA) Two pieces were recently published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. One was against the Monroe Park renovation plans, and the other was a letter in favor of them.
The first piece, by Michael Paul Williams, stated that the renovation plans are part of a gentrification process. Williams spent much of the article discussing the matter with regards to Food Not Bombs, which feels that relocating feeding programs to the Conrad Center is a bad idea.
“It’s inaccessible. It’s stigmatic. It is not a community meal. It’s across from the city jail,” said Mo Karn of Food Not Bombs. “It’s a completely different dynamic if you’re in a building.”
Homeless people were also quoted in the article.
If you'd like to read the entire update, see a video of the community meeting on Monroe Park, and read the City Council renovation plans, click the link below.
http://richmondspark.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/update-on-monroe-park-issue/
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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