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Housing

community? and How do we make sure er’body’s taken care of? That they’re Happy and Healthy..? ..‘Cause all around me it seemed nobody was. we’s all just going through the motions. As I got older and my understanding of the world deepened, I began to realize how closely tied the design of space is to our overall well being.. ‘specially when it comes to where we lay our head at night. It can work for us or against us.

strivers and survivors. All boppin’ to their own rhythm to create the energy -- the music.. that is Frogtown. And the housing available within our community should reflect that diversity.. that energy..that jazz.. ‘cause this is home. And home adjusts to us.. not the other way around.

HOUsing Goals Void..

And unfortunately, up to this point in our lil community, it’s only worked against us.

I’ve been talking to my neighbors, trying to get a comprehensive handle on our housing wants and needs.

but, we frogtowner’s just as resilient and prideful as we’ve ever been, ‘cause.. Frogtown is Jazz. An orchestra of culture that dips and twists, alive with a heartbeat all its own.

We got the train here. We got the Stadium coming in the midway. University Avenue, as a whole, is under a heap of redevelopment, as is Dale Street and Rice. So, inevitably, prices are going to soar.. They already have.

Home to curious kids and meanderin’ millennials. Mothers and fathers, hustlin’ and bustlin’. Boomers and Empty Nesters, movin’ and groovin’. Dreamers and schemers.

And we Frogtowners are well aware of the stakes. We see it. We feel it. And we’re not having it. Here’s a list of how we expect the housing in Frogtown to develop over the next decade:

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