Dear Village Council of Winnetka,
How is One Winnetka going to help the community if it does not provide more affordable housing to increase the towns percentage closer to ten percent?
As you can see from the graph above, there is a major lack of diversity in Winnetka and in the North Shore. Without a larger abundance of diversity you risk this community turning into a group of racist people who have unrealistic expectations of the rest of the world. This is a problem that requires your attention.
The lack of diversity and affordable housing are both great issues that I believe you, The Winnetka Council, must attempt to fix or create. If One Winnetka is not helping solve both problems then what is One Winnetka doing to help this community? How can One Winnetka be a good thing if it doesn't provide any solutions to fixing these problems?
My name is Wilson Schinderle and I am a resident of Wilmette. I deeply care about the housing in Winnetka because I go to high school in that district of the North Shore. I believe that I wish to ask if you have taken into account these issues that your community faces in regards to establishing the new apartment complex known as One Winnetka. I believe that One Winnetka should offer affordable housing in order to increase the percentage of affordable housing in Winnetka.
Are you aware that Winnetka is at an all time low in affordable housing? This is a important issue that your community faces and I want to know that One Winnetka is aware of this problem as well. David Trandel (developer of One Winnetka) when asked how expensive the apartments for sale at One Winnetka would be said the apartments "are going to be expensive".
After reading Gail Schechter's (Illinois affordable housing representative) letter to David Trandel regarding affordable housing I agree with her first demand, "Include at least 15% of all units as affordable...".
If anything the One Winnetka development should be trying it's hardest to offer affordable housing for all units in order to boost the percentage of affordable housing in Winnetka to the required percentage stated by the Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act.
Another issue in your community is the lack of diversity. Winnetka is sitting at a very low percentage of both Latinos and Black's accounting for only 2.5 percent of the people living in Winnetka. And without diversity the community can be described by Justice Pashman (a member of the New Jersey supreme court in 1975) as, "A homogenous community, one exhibiting almost total similarities of taste, habit, custom and behavior is culturally dead, aside from being downright boring".
As you can see from the graph above, there is a major lack of diversity in Winnetka and in the North Shore. Without a larger abundance of diversity you risk this community turning into a group of racist people who have unrealistic expectations of the rest of the world. This is a problem that requires your attention.
Sincerely,
Wilson T. Schinderle