[Mpls] chains good or bad?

[Dennis Plante]

Shauna Croom writes:

Then I noticed who gets employed by the chains: people of color, women, 
immigrants, young people, undereducated people or people in school, people 
who can only work part-time, the elderly, the disabled, people who live in 
the neighborhoods the chain crops up in.

It occurred to me that my protest against corporate giants may actually be 
hurting the people I care most about.  It occurred to me that fighting to 
keep Walmart, McDonald's or Caribou coffee out of the neighborhood keeps 
necessary jobs out as well.

I welcome your comments on my quandry.


Dennis Plante responds:

Creating jobs in MPLS should (in my opinion) be considered a good thing.  
Whether they're created through large or small businesses.  I've known small 
business owners that were both very good employers and very bad employers.  
And I've had experiences with large corporations that were both good 
employers and bad employers.

Anchoring a neighborhoods' economy with tenants such as Allina will (in my 
opinion) help create a full-spectrum of job opportunities.

For a City to be truly alive and vibrant, it should not only be a good place 
to live, it should be a good place to work.


Dennis Plante
Jordan

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