Bonus

The Promise

Nashville Public Radio

Society & Culture

4.9 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We return to the James Cayce Homes to follow up with residents amid the $600 million overhaul. But in checking back, we trip into some news. And we’re reminded, yet again, of how difficult it will be to pull off this massive redevelopment. As the city preps to turn its largest public housing projects into a mixed income development, Cayce residents have to sign a new agreement with steeper fines for late rent, stricter limits on guests and cleaning rules. Plus, higher income tenants won’t have to sign it, which is making residents all the more skeptical, casting doubt on whether the housing authority can really deliver on its promise: To build a community where both the city’s poorest residents and prosperous city-dwellers can live in harmony.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bonus episode of The Promise. I'm Maribonite from Nashville Public Radio.
0:06.0	This project was reported and produced over the course of a year, so a lot's happened.
0:11.0	We wanted to catch you up on the people who are still in Casey.
0:15.0	But in checking back, we tripped into some news.
0:18.0	And we were reminded yet again of how difficult it will be to pull off
0:23.0	this massive overhaul. So let's get into it. I think the obvious place to begin is, well, right where we
0:30.1	started. And I'm sitting and stepping on a pineapple spitzer with the little umbrella.
0:40.3	I do travel away from here in my mind.
0:43.7	I just don't sit here.
0:45.0	I'll be traveling away from here.
0:46.7	That's Miss Fernel.
0:47.9	We met her in episode one.
0:50.1	We went to the grand opening of Barrett Manor,
0:53.1	Casey's first new building in more than half a century.
0:56.2	What's my people are running down here? I'm glad I didn't know my dress.
1:00.1	It was a big deal. The building with 70 apartments, mostly for seniors and the disabled,
1:06.0	was the first big step in Casey's redevelopment. On the tour, there was even a woman who broke down in tears,
1:14.2	overwhelmed by how nice everything was. And initially, Ms. Vernel was really excited about Barrett Manor, too.
1:21.3	It's just so beautiful, I'm just, I don't know how to act. I'm like a child in a new candy store.
1:27.1	But after realizing, there was no place to sit outside and
1:30.5	connect with her neighbors, she began to worry that she'd feel shut in by the tiny apartment. Ultimately,
1:37.0	she decided not to move into the new building. Nearly a full year later, I caught up with Ms. Fornell
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