[Vision2020] Alturas

[bill london]

BJ-
Does your total of 80 jobs include the jobs shifted from downtown as 
attorneys, day care operators, accountants etc moved to Alturas?
Why not tighten the rules to preserve Alturas for its original function 
of providing an attractive space for job-creating high-tech companies?
BL

B. J. Swanson wrote:

>In a dream world, a private developer would have done Alturas Park.  The
>Economic Development Council had that same dream in the early 1990's.  In
>the real world, after two years of trying, the EDC realized that would never
>happen.  Pullman, Lewiston, Orofino and other small communities came to the
>same realization.  Small communities with a need for high paying jobs and a
>diversified economy but without the population base, interstate highway,
>airport, other private businesses, etc., to make it happen.  All realized
>that in exchange for a Port District or an Urban Renewal Agency, jobs and
>diversity could be achieved.  Alturas Park has made 80 jobs and $3.5 million
>in salaries happen.
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>B. J. Swanson
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
>Behalf Of John Danahy
>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:04 PM
>To: 'Vision2020'
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Alturas
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>The Alturas Park was an interesting experiment that has not really fulfilled
>expectations.  As such, it is not possible to either abandon the park or
>return to a failed idea of what should have been.  However, neither should
>it continue in its current incarnation.  The time is coming quickly when the
>bonds for development will be paid off, and as such, the best approach is to
>recognize it is time for the city to get out of the RTO development
>business.  I suggest we simply allow the park to "go private".  The park
>should pay taxes just as any other business venture.
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>John
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