YoYoMoMa t1_j9jwt5c wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:35 PM

Reply to comment by Main-Equipment-3207 in New owner to renovate, reopen historic Butchers Hill grocery store by locker1313

>So many neighborhoods only have bodegas and not a lot of major grocery stores

This is a choice by our lawmakers, not a coincidence. Our tax and infrastructure and zoning system make things like Canton Crossing far more advantaged than stores that would actually be walkable for the neighborhood.

DfcukinLite t1_j9k1qml wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Canton crossing is built on chemically contaminated industrial land they just changed the zoning to allow that mess.

YoYoMoMa t1_j9k2fvn wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:43 PM

And they gave the developer free money (tifs) to do it. And they provided the infrastructure as well.

DfcukinLite t1_j9k2w5l wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Mark Sapperstein has gotten many of those tifs and land grab superfund sites. He’s the developer of locust point/mchenry row, Canton and the residential of port Covington

A_P_Dahset t1_j9mvv1c wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:44 AM

>This is a choice by our lawmakers, not a coincidence. Our tax and infrastructure and zoning system...

This is very true and key to understanding why Baltimore looks and operates the way it does today. Racist public policy and historic disinvestment are real and still felt, but present-day policy choices of our elected leaders (city and state), specifically in regards to taxes, infrastructure, and zoning, exacerbate the impact of those harmful policies from decades ago. We'd be better off as a city if a critical mass of residents kept this idea front of mind and took lawmakers to task accordingly.