I like what I'm not hearing about Renaissance Square.
The silence about public/private partnership is refreshing. It looks like taxpayers are going to pay, straight up, for Ren Square -- no CATS-like Ren Square company will run the project. Since there's no public/private talk, the resulting quiet about "profit" is also a balm to my ears. Nobody is pretending that a subsidized public service should become a moneymaker.
And everyone seems to have stopped talking about a massive private fund drive, which means that the project is going to be adjusted to the available funding.
Finally, I haven't heard much about big loans for stores and restaurants. Maybe that idea is still floating around, but I hope I don't hear about it again.
In fact, the silence is so widespread that I have a feeling that this thing just might work. So I'll shut up now, because I don't want to jinx it.
