The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.

              A PUBLICATION BY CAPITOL HILL UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS INC.
JUL/
AUG
1976
Kaiser Bends to Neighborhood Pressure
by Sara Gilbert
Every once in a while a "victory** for urban dwellers is nice and necessary. It was
with great excitement then that Kaiser Health Plan members in inner city neighborhoods
learned on June 9th that Kaiser had reversed its former decision to abandon the midtown
area and decided instead to retain some primary
RESIDENTS OPPOSE
NEW LIQUOR STORE
by Paul R. Schluger
By way of background it should be sufficient to say that a liquor store wanted
to move into our neighborhood (13th and
Vine) and I did not feel it would be a
constructive force in Capitol Hill.  For
that matter, neither did any of my immediate neighbors. A hearing date was set
and both sides gathered their forces.
Gathering one's forces against a liquor
store means pounding the streets with petitions, taking time off from work, staying home on weekends with a telephone
clamped to your ear, and agonizing over
your decision to get involved.
The liquor store gathers its forces by
hiring a lawyer and then having a professional, paid petitioning service (perfectly
legal) do the work for there. None of those
people live in the neighborhood, I might
add.        (cont#d. p. 4)
*     July CHUN Board Meeting
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thursday, July 22nd, 7i30 pm
Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St
Classroom A  (Downstairs)
Hear an update on the cityfs
plan for this neighborhood     -
health care facilities on Franklin Street
at 20th Avenue.
A move from the central city area by
the organization would have been another
example of an institution abandoning the
city and thus leading to further urban
"decay,M Especially penalized would have
been senior citizens and young families
who must have convenient access to medical
services.
Kaiser will still be opening new offices
in Westminster (at 112th Avenue) and near
the Aurora city limit (at Alameda and Havana) in 1977, but at least these moves
will not be at the complete expense of
central city residents and workers.
It was largely due to the efforts of
Park Hill and Capitol Hill residents that
the Kaiser management realized that they
could not ignore the needs of subscribers
who chose to live in inner city communities. Councilwoman Cathy Donohue and the
office of Senator Floyd Haskell were very
supportive in bringing pressure to bear
on Kaiser officers.
Anyone who would like to express his or
her approval of Kaiserfs decision to remain in the city should write to Carl
Berner, Kaiser Health Plan Regional Director, 2525 West Alameda Avenue, Denver,
80219. Any Kaiser subscribers who wish
to work on continually monitoring Kaiserfs
plans for their midtown offices may call
Sara or Mike Gilbert at 832-4051.
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