The Coalition to Stop the F Street Closure was formed to prevent the continuation of a plan to gentrify West Las Vegas and block residents by turning one of the few access points into West Las Vegas into a culdesac, essentially cutting residents off from downtown and the proposed new development site. The coalition is fighting to prevent the fourth attempt in as many decades from successfully disenfranchising the residents of the under represented and historic neighborhood of West Las Vegas. The long term goal of the Coalition is to wrestle back the neighborhood from those who would seek to construct a business center which would block residents from continued economic and social progress rather than grant it. The Coalition is currently involved in litigation with the City of Las Vegas, The State of Nevada, Clark County, and the development N-Dot. It will take support from many segments of society for the efforts of the Coalition to be successful.
Our Positions are as follows:
- Gentrification can not be allowed to continue in West Las Vegas and other minority communities throughout the country
- Social Justice is a human issue not a black issue
- Economic and Social Justice takes the voices of a majority to create viable solutions to protect the voices of the minorityWe thank you for your support.
We the undersigned,
Are formally requesting that the City of Las Vegas, The State of Nevada, Clark County, and the development company N-Dot, listen to the will of the residents of West Las Vegas and our supporters and reopen the F-Street Closure.
We contend that as elected officials it is the duty of those in city, state, and county positions to listen to the will of their constituency.
We simply ask to be regarded with the same dignity as every other citizen of Las Vegas, and to not be subject to the Gentrification of our neighborhood.
Thank You,The Coalition to Stop the F Street Closure
