They help finance programs that assist the less fortunate. You risk losing this constituency if Forest City is not selected as the developer for the Columbia Heights parcels. Forest City s proposal is so clearly superior to the others that it will be obvious that political favoritism determined any other choice. The decision on development is of crucial importance to the future of Columbia Heights and those voters are likely to vote their disapproval in high numbers, in my opinion. This constituency is not the only one that supports Forest City.
Forest City has overwhelming support in Columbia Heights.
I am also a Board member of Change, Inc and Change All Souls and have lived in Columbia Heights since 1974. I attended all the meetings concerning development and in speaking with residents heard almost universal support for Forest City with every person I talked with. The only exceptions were from the few that have a personal relationship with Bob Moore, financial and otherwise. He, of course, had no answer for that. The answer is one he would not say.