Hi folks,
It seems clear that private universities and colleges are approaching their communities differently from tax funded schools.
Here in Arizona, our three state universities have been pretty aggressive about growth over the past few decades. Lately here in little Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University is being pushed to grow to a size like their large siblings which happen to be located in big cities. NAU students are already 1/3 of our total population, and the school is mandated to grow more. Our history and legacy family homes adjacent to our state schools are being redeveloped with off-campus dormitories and other out of character development. As we all know, once gone, that's it, these buildings, landscapes, etc. and the history they represent is permanently gone.
Documentation is great but I think we, as people who value history need to find ways to do more to actually save our historic places.
I'm looking for examples of a different way Northern Arizona University could interact with Flagstaff than to eat us for breakfast, lunch, and dinner too, if anything is left.
Please continue to send info.
Thanks,
Duffie
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Duffie Westheimer
Flagstaff Townsite Historic Properties Community Land Trust (Townsite CLT/TCLT)
Board Member/Director
Flagstaff, AZ
www.townsiteclt.orgtownsiteclt@gmail.com------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: 02-27-2019 13:58
From: Duffie Westheimer
Subject: Partnerships with Public Universities
Greetings,
Does anyone know of a public university that is working to preserve adjacent historic neighborhoods? This could be through down payment assistance so faculty and staff can afford a home in that area, helping to obtain homes for a preservation organization or an affordable housing organization, help to rehabilitate historic homes, or any method that is being used by a public university to keep historic neighborhoods from being redeveloped?
Thanks for any and all leads you can provide,
Duffie Westheimer
Flagstaff, AZ
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Duffie Westheimer
Flagstaff Townsite Historic Properties Community Land Trust (Townsite CLT/TCLT)
Board Member/Director
Flagstaff, AZ
www.townsiteclt.org
townsiteclt@gmail.com
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