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Article: Rally promotes city aid to Park East project; Developer says he will scale back without funds
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2007
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A group of labor and community activists rallied Monday to seek
city financial help for a Park East development, saying it would
provide family-supporting construction jobs.
Supporters of the Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods Coalition
said that city funds, to be repaid through the development's
property taxes, are needed to help Chicago-based RSC & Associates
build Park East Square.
"We are ready to work. But we need City Hall to do its part,"
said Pam Fendt, coalition director, to around 200 people at the
rally. It took place at the proposed development site, a county-
owned parcel in the Park East area, on downtown's northern edge.
Park East Square's $77 million first phase would ...