Where is the Chamber of Commerce on the issue of "affordable housing"?
Maybe they have not noticed, but drive by any of the projects--do you ever see a local contractors? Every once in a while maybe a fence company or an electrical, but when was the last time your seen a local General Contractor on any of these projects?
Then to top it off, the deck is stacked so unfairly against the private developer in the Inner Core of Worcester, there is no way that they can compete so they need to go outside the City of Worcester or to areas in the city that escape the "affordable housing" domain.
The Chamber of Commerce should either
- encourage the hiring of local contractors for these projects
- try to get the playing field leveled to give their members a chance.
Instead they 3) do nothing.
Can't wait to read the editorial this fall where they implore the City Council to do something about the dual tax rate for, what now, the 24th year in a row.
Seriously how can the Chamber of Commerce not even be included in the debate as to whether or not we have enough "affordable" housing. The two are intertwined, our housing stock directly effects the commercial development in the City of Worcester.
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Dittos for the Worc Property Owners Assn........although I cant blame them for not wanting to get involved.............as absentee landlords do not exactly get a warm welcome from the City Council...unless of course you're a Non profit CDC absentee landlord..........they consider these non profit folks the second coming of J.C.
IN fact Non profits as a collective group maybe the largest group of residential absentee LL's in the city. I'll betcha whenever the term absentee LL is mentioned....no one even thinks of:
1. Main South CDC
2. Worc Common Grd.
3. East Side CDC
4. Canal District CDC.
5. Worc. Community Housing
6. Matthew 25
7. I have forgot 2-3 others.
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