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concerned about homelessness and food scarcity. What we are talking about though are these models that don't actually eliminate the problem. What we are looking for is a system to make sure everyone has a bed. For example,just being a member of the Purple Porch Co-op doesn't deal with the issue of food scarcity. When I heard community wealth, I was hoping we were getting ready to have a conversation about how we can make sure that individuals always have that specific thing. The Land Trust situation is the recommendation that our group would give. Bill Doug, Southwood Ave., stated, Toward the end of the thousand (1000)home in thousand (1000) days study,they got to the question We're going to have all these lots, what do we do them? There was mention of a land bank solution. The last election for mayor, they were asked that in a debate and his only answer at the time was We don't have an answer, we need to get people back together and talk about it. I'm simply suggesting that I like that idea,that we have a cooperative ownership of these vacant properties and somehow feed it into the other structures that will make the best use of it for the best benefit for the most people. Anne Mannix, 724 W. Washington Blvd., stated, We talked about job creation and I liked the idea of the house-cleaning cooperative. There are a lot of women in the community that are underemployed and making fifteen($15) dollars an hour would be a great thing. I think there is a need for services connected to people's homes. We've got older people that need help,working mothers that could pay someone to clean, a lot of middle class people. As far as the land banks, I think it's a great idea. We have been very interested in getting the city to do that for a couple years. I work on the thousand (1000)houses and I don't think there's much interest in the land bank in the city so we would have to work on that a lot. They do have a big resource like the Business Development Corporation and I think they have a very large amount of money that's not invested and is just sitting there. Maybe we could get a little bit of that and do a feasibility study. Big employers that have a need for services should be at the table for this conversation. E-Lexus Thornton, IUSB Student, stated, I like what Antonius was saying about sustainability in our community. I like what you're saying, it's a good seed to plant, but what we have to focus on next is how we stem from that. We've got people who are appointed to businesses in the community, at what point do people in the community start making their own businesses and tracking people from outside the community to come in and make more money as a whole? So that's what I'm thinking about as far as development. So I like what you're saying, it maintains, but maintaining isn't really what we're striving for. We are striving to over achieve. I believe there need to be plans that keeps it going as far as the money coming in, as far as people getting better houses, as far as people getting better pay, it could be better. We could stem to SciTech, science and technology, clean energy, better schools, destroy justification completely so everybody could live.together to create absolute equity. Danielle Wood, 133 Wakewa Ave., stated, Admittedly I missed most of the presentation because I was teaching, but I come from a background of working with cooperatives. I think it's a very nimble model, but we need to think about starting intentionally at a leverage point that is population driven. Who are those that have the hardest time getting living wages in our communities and targeting a business development program that ensures that they are getting that living wage and starting small and trying to grow from there. There are so many approaches you can take,but we need to focus on single mothers, or ex-offenders, or a particular group that 6