tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post6021784760678780952..comments2023-06-06T07:12:42.850-05:00Comments on East Village Association | West Town Chicago: Nest in your nest eggStephen Rynkiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574865850762545756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-10487751292408574392011-01-02T21:27:06.766-06:002011-01-02T21:27:06.766-06:00I am not a member of the association, and just hap...I am not a member of the association, and just happened upon this website now, and felt the need to comment. While I don't have a problem with the Bleeding Heart Bakery and bar development (I live down the street on Winchester) I understand and agree with Neal McKnight's description of the neighborhood in his post 'What's at risk.' But I have to say that I see a problem with what I just read here in 'Nest in your nest egg.' As I've watched all of the brand new condos going up on my street and all over the neighborhood, I've come to realize that I don't have much time left in the place that I know and love. Those of us who enjoy our safe, reasonably-priced, diverse neighborhood will end up having to move after our rent becomes too high and all of our old favorite spots move out of the neighborhood to make way for "high-end grocery stores" and "high-end single families." What about all of the other families that live here and have lived here for years? Should all of the 'low-end' families like myself move out, taking our tattoo parlors and liquor stores (I certainly can't afford to buy pricey spirits from a high-end grocery store) with us? Everyone who lives in this neighborhood calls it home, and everyone has a stake in what happens here, not just those who can afford to worry about the value of property that everyone else can't afford to buy. Businesses will and always have been welcome in the neighborhood. But what you are calling 'responsible' development will soon make it impossible for many of us to continue living here, and we will have to leave the wonderful neighborhood that we too call home.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824478129199292438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-49805948570676412112010-12-03T04:34:02.800-06:002010-12-03T04:34:02.800-06:00Roots and Bleeding Hearts will be a great addition...Roots and Bleeding Hearts will be a great addition to the neighborhood. Besides creating jobs it will help in the on-going redevelopment of the area. Other merchants will benefit from the customers that these establishments will draw to this area.<br /><br />This drawing card needs the communities continued support to insure its sucess and all the benefits that sucess brings to Chicago Avenue areaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533080596487231219noreply@blogger.com