Monday, January 25, 2010

For whom is White Flint Intended?

It is ironic that the same day that the PHED committee is considering how to allocate $895 million for White Flint infrastructure the County Council is considering a resolution offered by the same PHED committee to make Workforce Housing optional instead of required. Perhaps this isn't surprising since I've heard developers indicate that they can't afford to build workforce housing, but I wonder what is happening to the priorities of this County. If we can't afford to build housing that a schoolteacher or a policeman can afford, is "smart growth" really smart? Are we building a community to enrich the developers, serve the affluent, and ignore the core worker in the County? Where is our value system?

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