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I received an email today from Chris McShane of Develop Willets Point that I would like to share with you. If you have an opposing view from Chris and wish for me to post yours as well, feel free to contact me. Both sides of this important issue are welcome here at Hot Foot.
Hello everyone,
I wanted to let you know that I’m organizing a rally in support of cleaning up and developing Willets Point for 11 am on Sunday morning. The rally will take place on Roosevelt Avenue near the stairs of the Willets Point Shea Stadium station.
I’ll have plenty of copies of fliers for hand-outs to curious Mets fans. I’m also working on getting some Clean Up Willets Point signs there.
I can use any help any of you or your readers might be willing to offer. People to hold up signs, speak to the press, and hand out fliers would be great. Please email me back if you can make it yourself. If you know anyone else who is interested or want to post something on your site, please have people email me at: developwilletspoint@gmail.com
I really hope to see you all out there on Sunday morning. As we close down Shea Stadium - hopefully just for the last regular season game - we’ll have a chance to express our voices about the future neighborhood in which we’ll attend so many games.
We’ll meet at 10:30 am to start handing out fliers on Roosevelt and try to gather a good crowd for any of the media that shows up.
If you have any questions, or if I’ve forgotten any important details, please let me know.
Thanks so much.
Chris McShane
Develop Willets Point
One Response for "Develop Willets Point"
Even though the area isn’t wonderful looking, the owners of that property have a right to keep it, I would say. I couldn’t verify this, but I have heard reports that these landowners couldn’t get basic services like sewerage or street maintenance, although they were paying high taxes. So, some of the ill-kept atmosphere sounds like an intentional move by the city, to justify the landgrab that they are attempting now. Something in my gut tells me that taking over folks land “for the public good” should be limited to the most urgent situations and not to simply “clean up” a neighborhood and pick up the economy. It’s a slippery slope. I’m sure none of you would like any old justification being used to take away your home and land from you at “market value”.
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