Ga dukkannin birnin Baltimore da alama suna murna da Michael Phelps yayin da ya lashe lambobin yabo na baya-bayan nan na gasar Olympics, inda ya ci gaba da mulkinsa a matsayin dan wasan Olympics da ya fi kowa ado. Babu wanda zai iya kuskuren girman kai na Baltimore a cikin gwarzon garinmu. A ƙofar birni a kan Interstate 95, babban hoton allo na Phelps yana maraba da kowa.
Wannan hoton talla ne don Ƙarƙashin Armour, alama ce ta kusan kama da Baltimore a matsayin tauraron wasan ninkaya. Babban bambanci tsakanin su biyun? A kwanakin nan, Ƙarƙashin Armor da wanda ya kafa Kevin Plank suna samun ba'a daga magoya baya masu aminci.
Me yasa suke ƙarƙashin Armor da Plank a cikin irin wannan ruwan zafi? Sagamore Development Corporation, kamfani mallakin Plank, yana shirin farfado da wani yanki mai girman eka 260 na tsohon filin masana'antu tare da Baltimore's Inner Harbor zuwa wani keɓantaccen "birni a cikin birni" wanda zai gina harabar Ƙarƙashin Armor. Bukatar Plank guda daya ga birnin Baltimore: Don kammala wannan babban aikin Port Covington, yana neman dala miliyan 535 a cikin "ƙarashin kuɗin haraji."
Idan Plank ya sami waɗannan “TIFs” - haɗuwa da biyan kuɗin biyan kuɗi na gaba da harajin kadarorin da aka jinkirta - babban tsarinsa ba zai ƙara wani sabon kudaden shiga zuwa tushen harajin Baltimore na tsawon shekaru 40 ba. A saman haka, Kamfanin Ci gaban Sagamore zai cancanci samun wani dala miliyan 200 a cikin tsautsayi na haraji kai tsaye.
Shirin Plank ya zo ba tare da wani ɗauri ba cewa aikin Port Covington zai haifar da kowane gida mai araha, hayar gida, ko haɓaka kasuwancin gida. Abin da ya fi muni, "birninsa na cikin birni," masu sukar cikin gida sun yi nuni da cewa, zai kuma sanya ƙarin damuwa ga makarantun Baltimore da ba su da kuɗi, mai yiwuwa ba za su iya isa ga mazauna yanzu ba, kuma ya ƙara ware Baltimore da ke da rarrabuwar kawuna ta kabilanci da tattalin arziki.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Majalisar Garin Baltimore ta kasance tana haskaka yarjejeniyoyin TIF masu girma da girma da tallafin masu haɓakawa waɗanda suka ba da ɗan fa'ida ga jama'a. Masu lura da al'amura na sa ran majalisar za ta amince da shirin Port Covington a farkon wannan kaka, kasa da watanni biyar bayan kaddamar da shi a bainar jama'a.
Biranen da ke fadin kasar sun koma kan yarjejeniyar TIF iri daya da kuma tallafin haraji don jawo hankalin manyan ‘yan kasuwa da farfado da manyan biranen su. Amma bincike da abubuwan da suka faru a baya sun nuna cewa waɗannan yarjejeniyoyin ba sa amfani da bukatun jama'a. Tsare-tsare kamar na Plank sun samar da kaɗan idan duk wani aikin albashi na rayuwa ga mazauna yanzu kuma ya kasa samar da duk wata dukiya mai daraja da ke komawa cikin al'ummomin yankin.
A karkashin Armour ya gina ainihin asalin ƙasa a kusa da tushen Baltimore. Duk da haka a yau kamfanin yana aiki kamar kowane kamfani na duniya. Baltimore tana da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun masana'antu, ƙwararru, da rashin aikin yi. Duk da haka duk tsire-tsire na ƙarƙashin Armour suna ƙetare, kuma babu wani a kamfanin da ke shirin matsar da ɗayan waɗannan ayyukan zuwa sabon hedkwatar Port Covington.
A cikin wayar da kan jama'a, Kevin Plank ya ci gaba da da'awar cewa Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarfafa na Baltimore ya ci gaba da yin aiki ga Baltimore da Port Covington. Yarjejeniyar musafaha da ya yi, da alkawuran da ba su da tushe, da kuma furucinsa, “Za mu gina shi tare,” sun yaudari wasu mazauna birnin.
Amma a wani taron jin ra'ayin jama'a na baya-bayan nan, mataimakiyar shugabar kamfanin Sagamore Development Corporation, Caroline Paff, ta bayyana ainihin launukan karkashin Armour akan fadada su nan gaba.
"Ci gaba zai faru a nan," ba ta yi barazanar ba, "ko kuma zai faru a wani wuri."
Irin wannan kamfani Ƙarfin makamai ya zama sananne a zamaninmu na zamani. Ci gaban biranenmu na wannan zamani yana cin karo da birane da juna, duk don amfanin manyan kamfanoni masu zaman kansu.
Maimakon jefar da goyon bayanmu a bayan manyan kamfanoni da ke yin garkuwa da garuruwanmu don bayar da tallafi da kuma yin mubaya'a ga masu hannun jari kawai, muna bukatar mu saka hannun jari a cikin sabbin nau'ikan ci gaba na hadin gwiwa, ci gaban al'umma wanda ke yada dukiyoyin da yawa a cikin tattalin arzikin cikin gida. Kuma, a zahiri, Baltimore na iya koyon wasu darussa masu amfani daga garuruwan da suke yin hakan.
Garuruwan wasu wurare a Amurka yanzu suna samun nasarar gina wadatuwa da ingantaccen tushe na haraji ta hanyar ƙarfafa kasuwancin haɗin gwiwa da gidajen da al'umma ke sarrafa su. Waɗannan kamfanoni na haɗin gwiwar suna ba da guraben ayyukan yi a cikin al'ummomin da ke fama da tashe-tashen hankula waɗanda masu haɓaka gargajiya na gargajiya ke ganin suna da haɗari sosai. Da zarar an tashi da gudu, suna rarraba kuɗi zuwa cikin tattalin arzikin gida.
Birnin New York ya ƙirƙiri asusun lamuni mai jujjuyawa wanda ke taimakawa tallafawa sabbin kasuwancin gida kuma yana ba su kayan aikin da suke buƙata don haɗawa azaman ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar mallakar ma'aikata. Wannan sabon shirin da aka yi ya yi nasara sosai har majalisar birnin New York ta sabunta tare da haɓaka kudadenta.
Cleveland ya ci gaba abin da ake kira "dabarun ma'aikata na anga" wanda ke da mahimmanci musamman ga Baltimore, birni mai ƙarfi mafi girma - kamar Johns Hopkins da Jami'ar Maryland - sun himmatu wajen yin tasiri a cikin al'ummominsu. Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperative ya sami gindin zama lokacin da asibitoci da jami'o'i na gida suka amince don taimakawa sabbin masana'antu da sayayya - kan ci gaba - samfura da sabis daga kamfanonin haɗin gwiwar gida a cikin kewayen su.
Wannan alƙawarin da cibiyoyin anka na Cleveland ya sami yabo na ƙasa kuma ya haifar da kwanciyar hankali, aikin albashi a cikin masana'antar kore ga mazauna ƙauyen matalauta.
A Boston, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative ya canza ɗayan mafi yawan unguwannin birni zuwa ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan al'umma mai fa'ida tare da gidaje da ayyuka masu araha na dindindin. Tsarin Gidajen Baltimore na 20/20 ya riga ya yi aiki tare da al'ummomi a ko'ina cikin birni don daidaita tsarin amintaccen ƙasa na titin Dudley.
Garuruwan mu suna fuskantar rikici. Za mu iya ci gaba da kasuwanci kamar yadda aka saba kuma mu ba da damar ci gaba don fitar da mazauna yanzu da kuma sa biranenmu su isa ga masu wadata kawai. Ko kuma za mu iya tsara wata sabuwar hanyar ci gaba mai haɗaka wacce ke haifar da ɗorewa da ɗorewar wuraren birane.
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