• Work Live Ride

    A Walking Audit Of Manchester, CT.

    Source: Screenshot, Desegregate Connecticut

    Today I took a ride to Manchester for the “walking audit” for Work, Live, Ride. A policy agenda developed by DesegregateCT, a program funded by The Regional Planning Association. Desegregate CT was founded by Sara Bronin in 2021 in response to George Floyd’s death.

    Sara Bronin is the wife of Luke Bronin, the Mayor of Hartford. Sara has written extensively on zoning and is the creator of the National Zoning Atlas and Connecticut’s Zoning Atlas. Sara Bronin served on the Planning and Zoning Commission in Hartford for 7 years before she stepped down in 2020 to focus on statewide zoning with the State of Connecticut’s new MDRA. I covered the creation of the new quasi government partnership on the Sparks Report:

    “The Municipal Redevelopment Authority aka MRDA, is a quasi government agency that was dubiously enacted via the State of Connecticut’s biannual budget in 2019. Governor Malloy had been trying to pass legislation to create the MRDA since 2015. Each time it was introduced it was killed. With good reason. In 2017 legislators tried to create the municipal redevelopment agency with the powers to seize private property! In 2019, Lamont snuck the municipal redevelopment agency into in the budget and has been growing its power ever since. To kick start the Municipal Redevelopment Authority, the budget provided a General Fund appropriation of $500 thousand for both the fiscal years of 2020 and 2021. The MRDA was created by the executive branch without a hearing, bypassing the legislative process where the people have a voice. Did you vote for this? Did you know about this?” The Authority

    Sara was appointed as Chair of The Historic Preservation Council in 2021 by President Biden.

    CLICK HERE TO SEE PART 1 OF MY WALK

    Rep. Jason Rojas on “pro homes” and affordable housing aka “fair share”.

    Links and References

    #DesegregateCT

    https://ctexaminer.com/2022/03/20/the-corporate-interests-behind-desegregate-ct/

    https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/housing/info-2022/2022-housing-workshop-day-2-keynote-sara-bronin.html

    https://aap.cornell.edu/people/sara-bronin

    https://rpa.org/about/financials

    https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/FY2022-Form-990.pdf

    https://www.durst.org

    https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/2021-AnnualReport_RPA.pdf

    https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/rxr-realtys-3b-project-moves-ahead-with-land-deal/

    https://www.92ny.org/recalibrate-reality

    https://rpa.org/latest/news-release/recalibrate-reality-rpa-92y-launch

    https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_126.htm#sec_8-19

    https://assets.nationbuilder.com/opencommunitiesalliance/pages/115/attachments/original/1655925648/Zoning_101_3_25_22.pdf?1655925648

    https://wrat.com/2022/09/15/4-jersey-shore-towns-sue-the-governor-over-affordable-housing/

    https://www.nj.com/news/2022/06/despite-a-hot-housing-market-lawsuit-puts-up-roadblock-for-600-home-sellers.html

    https://www.greenbaumlaw.com/insights-publications-NJs_AffordableHousing_Determinations_Are_Finally_Nearing_Completion.html

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/n-j-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-ongoing-affordable-housing-battle/

    https://www.ctoca.org/fairshare

    https://iedl.yale.edu/zoning-atlas-sara-bronin

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    Author

    Jennifer Sparks aka J.Cherry

    Jennifer Sparks aka J.Cherry is an independent journalist, radio host, and producer. On the airways she was known as J.Cherry where she produced a popular local radio show, VOICE of the CITY, airing on WESU 88.1FM. There she conducted in depth and candid interviews with artists, politicians, authors, activists, scientists, and community leaders. In 2020 Jennifer left WESU to pursue an independent podcast where she could freely talk about controversial subjects. A mother and wife before being a journalist, she felt compelled to break free and dig into medical freedom, government policy, parental rights, public health, corruption, and big pharma. Over the years Jennifer has been published in local newspapers as a freelance writer. Frustrated with being censored and not being able to publish the stories she felt were important and under reported, she began her own blog. Her work can be found at jcherrrypresents.com and on Substack https://jcherry152.substack.com/.

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