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CourtneySmithSecondPaper 5 - 25 Apr 2010 - Main.SuzanneSciarra
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| | | It appears that the town had an interest in cleaning up this area. I know that the 1000 word limit to this paper constricts what can discussed, but I think your paper would also really benefit from presenting a balanced look at both sides of the argument, and then explaining why your side is stronger. If I read your paper correctly, it appears that you think the developer and the local government were in the wrong. However, it also appears that this area of the city needed to be revitalized. | |
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< | I tried to do some research on what the other side would say, and it seems that this revitalization could not be done by judicial rezoning, as no one wanted to buy individual lots in a dangerous, depressed area. In that case is it not beneficial that a developer would buy the entire parcel of land and renovate the area all at once? Did he not actually significantly improve the community? Would the alternative be to allow the area to remain depressed? Further, while the developer stands to make a lot of money, doesn’t he also take a tremendous economic risk by committing large amounts of capital? Many redevelopment plans also contain clauses requiring affordable housing, I attempted to discover if that was the case here, and will keep looking. I tried to consolidate sentences and make changes in the edited version where I did not think it took away from you argument at all in order to free up some space for you to counter some of these arguments if you want to. | >
> | I tried to do some research on what the other side would say, and it seems that this revitalization could not be done by traditional rezoning, as no one wanted to buy individual lots in a dangerous, depressed area. In that case is it not beneficial that a developer would buy the entire parcel of land and renovate the area all at once? Did he not actually significantly improve the community? Would the alternative be to allow the area to remain depressed? Further, while the developer stands to make a lot of money, doesn’t he also take a tremendous economic risk by committing large amounts of capital? Many redevelopment plans also contain a requirement of affordable housing, I attempted to discover if that was the case here, and will keep looking. I tried to consolidate sentences and make changes in the edited version where I did not think it took away from you argument at all in order to free up some space for you to counter some of these arguments if you want to. | | | You provided a really compelling look at what is happening in Lubbock, and the ways in which this development caused the area to change. Overall I think you did a really good job! |
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