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How about a cemetery?
John – Imagine someone suggesting a cemetery be developed where your home is located. Think about the Far Eastside community members who have lost loved ones. I’m assuming that you didn’t think about these things before you posted your comment. Saying, “How about a cemetery?” may seem harmless, but it’s disrespectful attitudes such as this that enable bad actors, like the former owners of Oaktree Apartments, to inflict damage and detract from the community’s success.
Impactful groups including the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, La Plaza, the Far Eastside Community Council, and many more work tirelessly to empower residents and create youth, family and community success on the Far Eastside. The former Oaktree Apartments site is a symbol of opportunity. Since the city acquired the complex in 2019, they’ve developed a vibrant partnership with community members to discuss the revitalization of the site. Through this community-driven engagement, they identified five key themes for the project: a place of belonging, upward mobility, identity & expression, connectivity, and flexibility & adaptability. Your comment directly roots against this vision and this community.
I encourage anyone reading this to elevate and celebrate the successes of the Far Eastside community in the comments and in your conversations. Let’s make sure the message our Far Eastside neighbors hear is one of support, encouragement and pride rather than hate, detraction and disrespect.
I’m so pleased to see the City getting proposals for redevelopment of this site and also pleased that they are seeking input from neighborhood residents.
The Far Eastside community is doing an excellent job in setting the table for revitalizing its’ neighborhoods and turning former liabilities into future opportunities. There is no better example than the planning process and the plan for Oaktree. The issuance of this RFI by the city is an important next step.
I once lived in Oaktree Apartments in 1979 but it was called Pinehurst village then. That was back when the area was not crime ridden like it is now. I can’t imagine what the city will do with the property. Maybe build more housing is my guess.