I listened to part of the public testimony on tv and was struck by how little the supporters knew about the URD platform & the reasoning for reinstating the URD proposal. Did any of those cheerleading and praising the city actually read the "Urban Renewal Plan for the Downtown Urban Renewal District"? 

The true basis for moving forward with a new URD is because the majority of downtown and its infrastructure is BLIGHTED! That's the only way the city can legally justify continuing the URD. Among all those praising structures like our beloved Hult Center, nobody mentioned that this is also one of the blighted buildings; so too the Park Blocks, and over 100 other tax lots described and illustrated in the document. YOU MUST READ IT!

The premise for URD is wrong! It's another lie being used to "move forward." All I heard from the new professionals praising downtown was about how great it is and why we've got to keep making it greater. 

And yet the city considers downtown blighted. . .