Amelia Benavides-Colón

Amelia Benavides-Colón

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Journalist | formerly @washingtonsun.com @freep.com @detroitnews.com | Signal: ameliabc.44

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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Experience:

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It's time for the development team to respond -- Goodman is facilitating the conversation

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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The Zoom has lost connection

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We are back

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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This was the housing counter that was offered

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Next section: opportunity -- and there are places where they need to have further discussion

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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More on connectability

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I lost wifi for a second there but we are back!

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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Regarding the riverwalk access

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Parking is still under negotiations

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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This is Bedrock putting their money with their mouth is, he said.

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Where negotiations stand

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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There will still be a community benefits agreement that will be signed — but even so this is on track to be the largest such agreement in the city’s history

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NAC Chair said that deserves a round of applause (one did follow)

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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A Bedrock representative is explaining that the nonprofit will own the RenCen and East Riverfront Park. It will be led by a board of directors, have no commercial motive and stay under community ownership for perpetuity.

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There will be no profit for Bedrock or Dan Gilbert, it will all go back into the community. It’s not tax deductible. There is no expectation of repayment.

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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Andrew Goodman, with the city’s planning and development department said the project developers are going to give an update on the $1B pledge to form a nonprofit that was announced yesterday

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We are 10 weeks into the community benefits process

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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The meeting is getting started here at 6:10 p.m.

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tonight’s agenda

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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Yesterday, project developer Dan Gilbert pledged $1 billion to create a nonprofit charged with owning and redeveloping the RenCen and East Riverfront project. This would be the largest contribution to a nonprofit redevelopment in the history of the U.S., WXYZ reported www.wxyz.com/news/dan-gil...

wxyz.comDan Gilbert announces new nonprofit to redevelop, own and operate Renaissance CenterMonday marked a major step forward in the future of Detroit’s Renaissance Center as Dan Gilbert announced a new nonprofit to redevelop, own and operate the landmark and east riverfront district.

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Folks are still filing into the room as we have not yet started the meeting

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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I forgot to recognize our media partners: @bridgedet313.bsky.social @chalkbeat.org @freep.com @michiganpublic.bsky.social @outliermedia.org @planetdetroit.org @wdet.bsky.social @wxyzdetroit.bsky.social

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These community benefit meetings are held at 6 p.m. at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center's Erma Henderson room on the 13th Floor of 2 Woodward Ave. They can joined virtually here: detroitmi.gov/departments/...

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Amelia Benavides-Colón

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What's good Detroit! I am providing live coverage of this evening's community benefits meeting for the Renaissance Center and East Riverfront development project on behalf of @detdocumenters.bsky.social

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This is the 8th meeting to determine the community benefits ordinance that will accompany the proposed $2.24 billion redevelopment of the RenCen Last week's meeting centered around the afforable housing aspect of the plan: www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

detroitnews.comRenCen benefits battle centers on what constitutes affordable housingNearly 200 apartments in the redone Renaissance Center would be capped at roughly $1,080 to $1,260 a month, say developers in pitch for affordable housing.

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U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course until October 26, putting a further pause on work at the historic D.C. course that has been part of President Donald Trump’s plans to remake the city.

washingtonsun.comJudge Orders the Trump Administration to Halt Work on East Potomac Until Oct. 26U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes put a further pause on tree-cutting at the historic D.C. golf course.