Wow, there’s a lot here so let me try to hit it all in one shot. I like all of the development downtown, it’s been lopsided to condos of course but I don’t mind that as there’s a great chance that there will be affordable housing again in 2007.
I have no idea how many people have moved here but I can say that the streets are much more active than they used to be, it’s pretty cool actually. The demographics downtown run the gamut between singles that party a lot, couples, retired people, young families, you almost never see older kids.
The only grants I read about are for subsidized housing as there are few very low income projects going into East Village.
If I were mayor? I would work very hard to move the airport out of the city, it’s waste to use a large chunk of the bay for a transportation hub that’s too small for the area anyway. Moving the airport would also allow for much taller buildings and rehabilitation of the southern half of Bankers Hill.
There is a lot going on downtown, each neighborhood is different. I think the city is in pretty good shape but there is plenty of room for improvement.
