Nils,<br> <br> Maybe Moscow's median income is rising because poor people are being driven out of the area. There are less students, and a high demand for a Super Wal-Mart. Less students being in the area would raise the medium income. Poor people leaving because they cannot afford to live here and moving to other areas would also drive the average income up. <br> <br> As to building more high end housing I would wait because property taxes are going to go up. With a Super Wal-Mart going up in the Pullman-Moscow corridor, Moscow is going to lose tax revenue of the existing Wal-mart in town that will be shut down. Also, we will most likely lose revenue from WinCo that will have a hard time competing with a store next door that does not have a 6% sales tax on groceries like Idaho and has lower prices and provides more customer service likes handcarts, accepting credit cards, and bagging and carrying your groceries for you.<br> <br> I also think that the medium
income is rising because of jobs elsewhere and a hiring frenzy rising wages that has been going on all over the area. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA <br><br><b><i>"Peterson, Nils" <nils_peterson@wsu.edu></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7638.1"><title>Re: Why is Moscow Growing report</title> <!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <div><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> <br> 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> <br>
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> <br> My thoughts during the presentation<br> <br> 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> <br> 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> <br> 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> <br> <br> On 9/18/06 4:57 PM,
"vision2020-request@moscow.com"<br> <vision2020-request@moscow.com> wrote:<br> <br> > 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> > Message-ID:<br> > <772560CD6444F9478C2779E9D9115BB501575B3F@exch-backend.CI.MOSCOW.ID.US><br> ><br> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br> ><br> > Please note the following item on the City Council agenda for this<br> > evening:<br> ><br> > <br> ><br> > 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> ><br> > <br> ><br> > 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> <br> </font> </div> =======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================</blockquote><br><p> 
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