% >> Frederica: THIS IS A
% SPECIAL WEEK FOR THOSE LIVING IN
% THE BAYVIEW COMMUNITY OF
% MADISON.
% BY THE END OF THE MONTH, NEARLY
% 50 PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN NEW
% APARTMENT MOMENTS AFTER YEARS OF
% PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING.
% "HERE & NOW" SPECIAL PROJECTS
% JOURNALISTMURV SEYMOUR DESCRIBES
% HOW THIS AFFECTS AFFORDABLE
% HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE.
% >> ALL THE HOUSING ON THE
% TRIANGLE LIKE BAYVIEW'S IS
% LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
% >> Reporter: ON THE SOUTH SIDE
% --
% >> 50 YEARS OLD.
% >> Ro>> Reporter: SITS A TINY
% COMMUNITY REPRESENTING
% DIVERSITY.
% >> FOR 50 YEARS, A CENTER OF
% QUIET PROMISE.
% >> BAYVIEW HAS BEEN CULTURALLY
% DIVERSE.
% >> THIS IS AN AREA OF THE CITY
% THAT USED TO BE ORIGINALLY TOW
% TRUCK LANE, AND THEN IT BECAME
% LATER ON LAND THAT WAS SETTLED
% BY WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS,
% ALBANIAENS, JEWISH PEOPLE,
% ITALIANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS.%
>> MY PARENTS LIVED HERE BEFORE
% I DID, MY NEIGHBOR'S PARENTS
% DID, AND LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER,
% BUT DOES NOT STOP RESIDENTS FROM
% ENGAGING AND TALKING TO ONE
% ANOTHER, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
% HAVING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
% >> BAYVIEW'S A PLACE I LOVE.
% I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 18
% YEARS.
% >> Reporter: NINA AND JOHN ARE
% LONG TIME BAYVIEW RESIDENTS.
% BOTH SAY --
% >> HERE, IT'S MORE THAN
% TOWNHOMES, SIDE BY SIDE, MORE
% THAN JUST BRICK BUILDINGS SIDE
% BY SIDE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS
% EVERYBODY, THE PARENTS, THE
% KIDS, THE GRANDCHILDREN.
% >> WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
% YOUR KIDS CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
% WITHOUT YOU WORRYING OF ANYTHING
% HAPPENING.%IT IS A PLACE THAT
'S REALLY,
% REALLY FREE, SAFE, AND IS SAFE
% FOR FAMILIES.
% >> WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF
% PROVIDING HOUSING.
% >> Reporter: THAT DIFFERENT
% WAY ALSO PROVIDES --
% >> JOB SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICE,
% SOME HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION,
% CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS.
% THE IMPORTANCE OF BAYVIEW IS ONE
% OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES
% AROUND.%>> WAIT FOR FIVE, SI
X YEARS
% WAITING TO GET ONE APARTMENT
% THAT'S AFFORDABLE.
% >> BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
% IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS CLOSE TO
% THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
% GET TO IS REALLY ESSENTIAL.
% WE'RE LOCATED WITHIN A MILE OF
% DOWNTOWN MADISON.
% WE ARE ONLY BLOCKS AWAY FROM
% CAMPUS.
% WE ARE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE BAY.
% HERE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
% TRANSPORTATION, JOBS, REALLY
% GOOD SCHOOLS, BANKS, HEALTHCARE
% FACILITIES, ALL OF THE THINGS
% THAT ALL OF US NEED.
% >> Reporter: ALSO KNOWN AS THE
% GREEN BUSH COMMUNITY AND
% NOWADAYS THE TRIANGLE BECAUSE OF
% THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF THE BLOCK
% WHERE IT SITS, THE SENSE OF
% DIVERSITY HERE DATES BACK MORE
% THAN 50 YEARS WHEN THE TRIANGLE
% BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE.
% BACK THEN, WHEN CITY LEADERS
% CHOSE TO REBUILD THE AREA, IT
% WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT
% ON THIS MAINLY MINORITY
% COMMUNITY.
% >> I THINK THAT HISTORY ON THE
% TRIANGLE IS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW,
% IS REALLY COMPLICATED.
% >> IN THE 1960s, THAT
% BLOSSOMING, FRUITFUL, IMMIGRANT
% AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY URBAN
% RENEWAL.
% MONEY WAS AVAILABLE TO CITIES
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REMOVE
% URBAN BLIGHT.
% HOMES WERE BOUGHT OUT, SELL OR
% BE CONDEMNED OUT SO THE
% NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TAKEN DOWN
% WITHOUT REALLY CONSIDERING WHAT
% WOULD HAPPEN TO THE RESIDENTS
% WHO LIVED THERE.
% PEOPLE WENT OUT TO SECURE
% HOUSING, AND THERE WAS NOT MORE
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE HAD.
% THEY LIVED WITH RELATIVES.
% THEY LIVED OUTDOORS.
% SLEEPING IN WHAT'S NOW A PARK,
% AND THEY LEFT THE COMMUNITY.
% THEY TRIPLED UP AND RENTED
% APARTMENTS.%YOU KNOW, THEY S
URVIVED.
% NOT WELL.
% AND NOT, PERHAPS, FAIRLY.
% A GROUP OF ADVOCATES WHO HAVE AT
% TIMES SAID, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE
% DOWN ALL THIS HOUSING WHERE
% THESE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE ARE
% LIVING.
% WHERE WILL THEY GO?
% WHAT ARE YOU DOING, CITY OF
% MADISON?
% >> Reporter: IT IS 2021,
% GROUNDBREAKING DAY ON A
% $55 MILLION RENEWAL EFFORT TO%
FUND ACCESSIBLE APARTMENTS, NEW
% TOWNHOMES, AND EXPANDED ARTS AND
% RECREATION CENTER.
% BAYVIEW WILL BE ABLE TO HOUSE
% 500 PEOPLE, 200 MORE THAN IT
% CURRENTLY HOUSES.
% CONSTRUCTION CREWS HAVE BEEN
% WORKING ON THIS FOR MORE THAN A
% YEAR NOW, AND ALMOST READY FOR
% PEOPLE TO MOVE IN, BUT UNLIKE
% THE PAST, THIS MODERN DAY
% REDEVELOPMENT IS BEING DONE IN A
% PROCESS CALLED "DESIGN JUSTICE"
% MEANING WORK DONE HERE AT
% BAYVIEW IS DONE WITH THE VOICES
% AND VISIONS OF THE PEOPLE THAT
% LIVE HERE AND NOT WITHOUT THEM.
% >> I LIVED HERE FOR MANY, MANY
% YEARS.
% >> Reporter: JOHN TOOK PART IN
% CEREMONIES THAT DAY, AND HE
% COULDN'T BE HAPPIER ABOUT THE
% TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLACE HE
% CALLS HOME.
% >> I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS
% REDEVELOPMENT, THESE BUILDINGS
% ARE VERY, VERY OLD.
% >> ACROSS THE STATE, PEOPLE ARE
% JUST BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND
% THAT WHEN YOU REDEVELOP
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOUSING OF
% ANY KIND, YOU REDEVELOP IT WITH
% THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT
% IN SPITE OF THEM, NOT WITHOUT
% THEM.
% FOR US, THAT MEANT HOLDING 25
% COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THREE
% LANGUAGES.
% WE'D SAY TO THE RESIDENTS, WHAT
% ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT X?
% THEY WOULD ANSWER IN THE
% MEETING, 1, 2, AND 3, AND WE'D
% SAY TO THE ARCHITECTS, DID YOU
% HEAR THAT?
% THEY SAID, 1, 2, 3, COME UP WITH
% SOLUTIONS FOR 1, 2, 3, AND GET
% BACK TO US.
% >> THERE WAS BOOKLETS OF COLORS,
% WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
% THIS ONE?
% HOW DO YOU WANT THE ROOF LINES%
TO BE?%>> MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR
US TO
% HAVE A VOICE.
% >> INSTEAD OF BASEMENTS, WE ARE
% MAKING PEOPLE'S LIVING SPACES
% LARGER, CREATING MORE STORAGE
% ROOMS THAT ARE EITHER IN
% INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT UNITS OR IN
% COMMON AREAS.
% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SHARED SORT
% OF LIBRARY OF TOOLS OR EVENT
% SUPPLIES THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AND
% SHARE IN THE FUTURE.
% THE ARTS ARE A BIG PART OF OUR
% HISTORY AND OUR FUTURE.
% WE ARE PLANNING TO DOUBLE THE
% SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
% WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE
% ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SPACES THAT
% ARE CLASSROOMS THAT SERVE
% SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS, SO WE'LL
% HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, A
% SPECIAL DEDICATED SPACE FOR
% SENIORS AND ADULTS, FOR CAREER
% DEVELOPMENT, FOR BUSINESS
% PLANNING, AND WE'LL HAVE AN
% EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE THAT WILL
% PROVIDE EARLY LEARNING
% EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS PARENT
% ENGAGEMENT CLASSES.
% WITHOUT THIS KIND OF A MODEL OF
% HOUSING, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
% END UP COMPLETELY STRETCHED AND
% TAXED AND BE PAYING MORE THAN
% 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT, SO
% THEY WON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY
% FOR CLOTHING, BOOKS, FOOD, ALL
% OF THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
% >> PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO CALL
% THEIR OWN, AND A ROOF OVER THERE
% HEAD TO CONCENTRATE ON SIMPLE
% THINGS LIKE WORK.
% DAY CARE.
% HEALTH.%>> WE ARE COMFORTABL
E IN A PLACE
% THAT'S CUTE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
% HAPPY.
% >> Reporter: WITHOUT BAYVIEW,
% THEY ARE NOT SURE WHERE THEY'D
% CALL HOME.
% >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE
% LIVING.
% AS A FOREIGNER, I PROBABLY WOULD
% BE STRANDED AND HOMELESS.
% >> THAT IS A MODEL OF COMMUNITY
% DEVELOPMENT, OF HOUSING
% DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE ENTIRE
% STATE WOULD BENEFIT FROM, AND IT
% COULD HAPPEN WITH ALL DIFFERENT
% TYPES OF COMMUNITIES.
% I THINK IT IS ESPECIALLY
% IMPORTANT THAT IT HAPPENS IN
% LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
% BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE
% TYPICALLY THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
% HAVE AS MUCH POWER, WHO ARE LEFT
% OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
% >> Reporter: A CONVERSATION
% HELPING TO CREATE STRONGER
% HOUSING, HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY.
% REPORTING FOR "HERE & NOW," I'M
% MURV SEYMOUR.
% >> Frederica: THE NEXT PHASE
% OF CONSTRUCTING MORE HOMES AND
% TOWNHOMES BEGINS NEXT MONTH.
% THE BAYVIEW FOUNDATION IS
% LOOKING TO RAISE $1.4 MILLION TO
% COMPLETE THE ENTIRE
% REDEVELOPMENT BY THE FALL OF
% 2024.
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