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Local News Cathy Lund
Archives This is in response to Candace Mayo's Soapbox on May 4.
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Sports Candace Mayo's statement: "I am weary fighting NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) phenomenc
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It should be a tiring job convincing our neighbors that their sweat equity holds no value. Fr(
Obituaries "Innovation Island doesn't fit the chosen lot." Our concerns have been ignored, swept undE
Nation/World like a terrible group of "not in my backyard" neighbors. We have stated at every meeting th
Celebrations just not the 27-plus-unit townhome development they want to build.
Opinion Yes, Fort Collins does provide referential treatment to affordable housing
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Business appropriate" housing. Affordable housing requests are placed on an accelerated approval
Lifestyles and Land Use Code standards are relaxed, giving specific allowance to affordable housing
units per acre for LMN zone is eight; for affordable housing, it's 12 units per acre. Landsca
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The $51,000 of taxpayers' money allocated to Habitat for lot acquisition that Gabe Lowe re
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by Community Planning and Environmental Services relating to the 2005-2006 city budget:
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this particular lot acquisition but was given to Habitat for land acquisition. One would quest
dollars for special projects and also adjudicating in a quasijudicial setting during the appeal
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a conflict of interest?
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As to why Lowe was not at the neighborhood meeting and didn't speak at the Planning anc
lives just outside the 750-feet notification radius and was unaware of the situation. Fort Col
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not notified and do not speak at the P&Z meeting, you are not allowed to speak at the appt
to present evidence and 10 minutes for rebuttal.
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A direct quote from notes of the Habitat -sponsored neighborhood meeting dated Oct. 28, 2
you building here?" Habitat's response, "It's close to schools and shopping, doctors and is
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lower -income families to live in the outskirts because it's difficult to get to those important f.
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more expensive all the time." The closest bus route is 1.5 miles away, and unless you con:
liquor store close to services, the plain and simple fact is this lot isn't close to any of the ab
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Printing Press At no time in Lowe's letter of April 27 did he make a statement of an "unattractive low-incor
Mayo, on the other hand, has commented that we misuse traffic, schools, and the impact c
Advertising NIMBY. I am appalled at Mayo trying to portray residents in this neighborhood as silver-spi
Customer It is reprehensible that a representative and executive director from Fort Collins Habitat for
' organization, would utilize such tactics. We are also hardworking citizens in our community
Cathy Lund lives in Fort Collins.
Originally published May 15, 2006
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