When first hearing about the Liberty City Transit Hub (now Village), there was anticipation that the site where this project is to be placed would potentially showcase a unique mix of increased commercial activity coupled with public transportation and other amenities.

Yet, even against the focused opposition of local business owners and community residents, county officials are still pushing what is essentially just another mega housing project that is sorely inappropriate for this specific commercial location.

Whats still very curious is that the word transit is still featured as part of this projects name.

And the Carver signage featured in the rendering, which may or may not be included in the final product, doesnt disguise what is really being proposed.

What county officials continue to ignore, with specific disregard to socially sensitive areas like Liberty City, is the direct correlation between how the built environment is developed and its longstanding impact on the areas social and resultant economic potential.

The social aspects the much too frequent and severe criminal behavior have a clear, yet unspoken, psychological root.

Unemployment issues arent lost in this equation as these issues have a direct bearing on the communitys psyche as well.

The degree of sensitivity to which the built environment is developed can assist in foundationally remedying many of these ills, if given proper exploration.

Given the complexity of this sites context, the tangible and intangible issues surrounding this site and area, housing shouldnt be its focus.

Housing projects, new and not so new, are already peppered in abundance throughout the area with no real balance of creative amenity that the overall area beckons.

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Liberty City Village plans need revamping