Vop Osili: Let’s have a fact-based discussion on safety downtown
Public safety should never be used as a political pawn.
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Vop Osili: Indianapolis’ strength lies in diversity of its people
Attracting and retaining entrepreneurs becomes possible with every measure we take to enhance our culture and identity as a city.
Vop Osili: Decision to create district must be made by many
The opportunity to create an Economic Enhancement District is an opportunity to further our community’s conversations about the future of downtown.
Vop Osili: City leaders must prepare for downtown reinvention
This means investments in affordable housing, new work opportunities, public safety, and enhancing downtown’s appearance and attractiveness.
Vop Osili: Riots must shake us out of the status quo
We can and will address the concerns of citizens and business owners grappling with the damage to public and private spaces caused by last weekend’s violence. But we cannot do so without simultaneously wrestling, and besting, the historically tolerated race disparities that lie at the heart of that violence.