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Residents tell board rezoning and slow housing projects threaten Midtown representation and progress
Summary
During public comment at the Sept. 9 meeting, residents urged support for mixed‑use investment, praised recent demolition decisions and raised strong concerns that recent rezoning dilutes Midtown's historic Black representation and stalls affordable housing projects.
Peter Lewis, a Midtown resident, used public comment at the Sept. 9 Midtown Redevelopment Board meeting to praise recent redevelopment decisions and to raise concerns about city rezoning and delayed affordable‑housing projects.
"I think you made the right call on that," Lewis said in support of the board’s decision regarding the Campbell Street Hotel, which he described as a redevelopment opportunity. He urged the board to continue pursuing mixed‑use projects that pair ground‑floor retail and housing above, saying such development would…
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