Battle Brewing In Holy Cross Over Proposed Riverfront Highrise Condos ~Karen Gadois, The Lens via WWNO

~“When it became clear to them that they were not going to be getting community support , they needed to create something that would allow them to manufacture the illusion of community support,” Lower 9 resident Sarah DeBacher said.
The illusion of community support included a website created by the developer called “Revive Lower 9”. At first glance, it seems to be a general interest site dedicated to the revival of the neighborhood.  But it’s actually part of the developer’s PR campaign devised to generate support for the condos.
Oddly, a news article promoting the project appeared in a student newspaper in Massachussetts and was later retracted because of a conflict of interest. It turns out, the author of the article works for the PR company [Velocity Agency] that Angela O’Byrne, president of Perez APC, hired to run the PR campaign. Petitions in support of the project included properties with falsified information.

~Special thanks to Lower 9 Vision Coalition for this fine poster!

Holy Cross "residents" say PR campaign is ginning up support for riverfront development ~Karen Gadbois, The Lens

****This comes up before the City Council on Thursday.
Please urge council members to VOTE NO, AGAINST RIVERFRONT CONDO TOWERS  IN HOLY CROSS!

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