All of a sudden I heard all these voices
Tonight we attended the Near Northside Strategy day meeting at Moody Park Community Center. It was really ecxiting to see so many people attending. It wasn’t just Northsiders, either. It turns out that there are quite a few other folks, organizations, and endeavors interested in our neighborhood and our community. With so many people committed to seeing good things happen, it would really take some effort to prevent the inevitable. I mean about the potential for investment in the community. There will always be a danger of re-gentrification and re-development, but many of the residents and people at this meeting sounded very much in support of investing in this community for the benefit of the current community. Part of what makes this neighborhood great is its character, its people, and its history. re-developing and re-gentrifying would of course not be beneficial to anyone in the long run.
It looks like we have a network of support that is ready to make stuff happen. However, nothing can really happen without the commitment of the residents and the local businesses. We have to take an interest in our own neighborhood before some else takes their own interest in it. Go Near Northside. I was inspired today.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
WELL I RAN ACROSS THIS PAGE DOIN SOME RESEARCH ABOUT HOW THE HOOD IZ DOING IVE BEEN GONE FROM HOUSTON FOR A YEAR, MY FAMILY LIVES IN NORTHSIDE,CHESTNUT BY HOGAN, BEEN THEIR FOR OVER 40 YEARS, I CAN RELATE WITH ALOT OF YOUR SUMMARYS, I SHARE SIMIALR VIEWS ABOUT THE NEW BIZNESS GOING ON,, I THINK ABOUT THE HOOD ALL THE TIME BECAUSE HOUSTON IS ALWAYS ON MY MIND,, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS PGE, I THINK THIS COULD BE A GOOD SITE FOR MORE PEOPLE WHO HAS TIES WITH THE HOOD TO EXPRESS HOW THEY FEEL,
May 13th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Thanks John. The hood is doing great. Northside seems to be at a turning point right now. There is a lot of opportunity for development, commercial, residential, etc. It’s just a matter of seeing who ends up taking advantage of it. I personally hope that Northsiders are able to take a piece of our own pie.