<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Hi Everyone</span></font>,<br>
<br>I'm
helping organize around keeping Jamaica Plain diverse and affordable
for all. There is a rally on Feb. 28th to keep Whole Foods out of JP
(details below). It's important that there is a huge turnout to show Whole Foods, the
JP Neighborhood Council and the greater community what JP stands for. <br><br>Please let me know if you can attend, and please share with your networks. <br><br>Thanks!<br>Robbie<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
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<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
you care about preserving JP as a neighborhood that is home to families
from all cultures and income levels, please join us on <b>Monday, February 28th at 6pm in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=gpq&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=mozart+park+jamaica+plain+ma&bav=on.1,or.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl" target="_blank">Mozart Park</a></b> to speak up <u>against</u> a Whole Foods coming to JP and <u>for</u> another locally-owned business that reflects our community. (A flyer is attached and below).<br>
<br>There has been an outcry from many in JP - and especially the Latino
community - that Whole Foods is not a good fit for Hyde Square. It's
unaffordable to many families and will fuel increased real estate and
commercial prices right smack in the middle of Hyde Square - one of the
last remaining places where a thriving multi-racial and mixed income
community is hanging on. Many of the residents who are likely to be
displaced by this change are the very residents who worked for decades
to make JP a great place to live and raise a family.<br>
<br><b>Many people feel like Whole Foods is a done deal. It's not. </b>
This it the community that stopped a federal highway project - which
had never been done before. Whole Foods will back out if there is
enough community pressure. <br>
<br>Whole Food is not inevitable, and other business can flourish in
Hyde Square. But in order to have an impact, we will need lots of
support on the 28th - we need you and your family, friends and neighbors
to come join us!<br><br>
I ask four things of you:<br><br>-- Commit to attending on the 28th (email me back to let me know)<br>-- Commit to bringing 5 friends with you (email me back to let me know)<br>-- Spread the word widely to your networks on email, facebook, etc. and among your family and friends.<br>
-- We know the best way to reach people is personal contact. Can you call 10 friends and invite them personally?<br><br>Thank you! <br><br>Robbie<br>---------------------------------<br>
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</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Rally for an Affordable
and Diverse JP</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><br>
Mon, February 28<sup>th</sup>, 6pm, Mozart
Park</span><span style="font-size: 32pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 32pt; line-height: 115%;">
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then come to a hearing
of the JP Neighborhood Council at 7pm at the Kennedy School</span><span style="font-size: 32pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br><br><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you want a JP
that’s affordable for all families? <br><br>
Do you want to strengthen JP’s diversity?<br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">Whole Foods is not inevitable - another business can flourish
in Hyde Square.</span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;">JP has a 30-year history of residents
working together to keep JP intact. <br>
<span> </span>We stopped a highway. We stopped Kmart.
We can stop Whole Foods.<br>
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<p style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Whole
Foods in unaffordable to many families in JP and the expansion of this upscale
chain into Hyde Square will drive up real estate and commercial prices,
displacing even more low-income families and merchants – many of the very
people who made JP the great place it is today.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps;">Who We Are:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A multicultural, multigenerational group of JP
residents and allies working together for a better JP.<span style="font-variant: small-caps;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-variant: small-caps;"><span> </span>Join us to Speak Up … <br><br>
</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b>AGAINST -</b><span> </span>a Whole Foods in Jamaica Plain and against
the continued gentrification of JP<br><br>
<b>- FOR - <span> </span></b><span></span>a locally-owned business that serves
low and moderate income families in JP and beyond<br><br>
<b>- FOR -<span> </span></b>strengthening
JP’s cultural, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity</span><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>Stay connected: 1. </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Go to our <i>Whose Foods? </i>Facebook
page and “like” it.<span> </span><b>2.</b> Join our listserv to get involved: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/whosefoods-signup" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://bit.ly/whosefoods-signup</span></span></a>.<span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. Coming
Soon: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whosefoods.org/" target="_blank">www.whosefoods.org</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br>Hyde Square</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> is home to families of all income
levels and many cultures.<span> </span>Let’s keep it
that way.</span></i></b></p>
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