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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You can read the report on the website. The powerpoint tonight didn't shed<BR>
much light, pretty much like having someone read the chapter to you from the<BR>
book. ;-(<BR>
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They say: Moscow is the only community or county in the area that is<BR>
growing, but Moscow growth rate is slowing toward zero, which should bode<BR>
well for the aquifer<BR>
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And Moscow is getting richer, because of 'out-commuters' who seem to be<BR>
taking high paying jobs elsewhere and living in Bedroom Community Moscow.<BR>
(I'm one of them, if you call my job 'high paying.')<BR>
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My thoughts during the presentation<BR>
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If Moscow median income is rising what is all this fuss for a WalMart, why<BR>
not fuss for a bog box that targets a higher median income?<BR>
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If more UI retirees are staying here, what does that suggest for demand for<BR>
commercial and for services. Maybe we need high end housing near downtown,<BR>
and easy walking to hospital for pacemaker tune-ups (You can see I just sat<BR>
through an amazing Council meeting)<BR>
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Bottom line -- Where ever these people and new building is coming from,<BR>
there is not as much of it as you think, and they are getting their money<BR>
(income or retirement transfer payment) from outside, not working in town.<BR>
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On 9/18/06 4:57 PM, "vision2020-request@moscow.com"<BR>
<vision2020-request@moscow.com> wrote:<BR>
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> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:56:19 -0700<BR>
> From: "Stephanie Kalasz" <skalasz@ci.moscow.id.us><BR>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Why is Moscow Growing Study<BR>
> To: <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>
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> Please note the following item on the City Council agenda for this<BR>
> evening:<BR>
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> In 1995, Professors Jon R. Miller and Steven S. Peterson of the<BR>
> University of Idaho authored a study of growth in Moscow entitled "Why<BR>
> is Moscow Growing?" The study was funded, in part, by the City and was<BR>
> intended to help answer questions about the growth trends of the City.<BR>
> In the interest of having current information on these matters, the<BR>
> Council authorized the expenditure to have the study updated.<BR>
> Professors Miller and Peterson have completed their work and will<BR>
> present it to the City Council.<BR>
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> <BR>
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> If you would like to view this report, it is available on the City<BR>
> website: www.ci.moscow.id.us <<A HREF="http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/">http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/</A>> there is a<BR>
> link to the report from the center column.<BR>
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