SPicy was hoping to enjoy a quiet, rain-soaked day in Minnesota's Capitol city – basking in the glow from the Wild's shutout home victory.  The euphoric feelings of optimism were quickly shattered by an amazing item on cityhallscoop.

Invest St. Paul Gets New Staff

The first person to try to make the Mayor's "main revitalization effort" work – has decided it would be better to work somewhere else.  SPicy assumes it might be easier for Stacey Millett to help completely build new homes from scratch for needy families than it is to economically revitalize this once-great city.

What really got the needle to jump was the information about who was replacing Stacey and the message from "the current occupant" in city hall about her experience.

From cityhallscoop:

Coleman also said that his longest-serving staffer, policy director Nancy Homans (his aide during council days and tireless campaign volunteer) will take the reins for what's known as ISP. "She's got the experience and the passion for serving disinvested communities that will continue to build on this initiative's early success," Coleman wrote.

In February, the current occupant's news release said that "Invest Saint Paul" will be an innovative partnership to focus resources on areas of disinvestment." 

Saint Paul is now just about at the half-way point for the "current occupant's" first term.  Two years of listening, bringing people together, engaging the community in a thoughtful discussion to make this the most livable community.

Yet SPicy and many others are now scratching our collective heads when looking at all has been accomplished during this exciting time for our community.  Why so much has happened, one could safely reach the conclusion that the city might now actually be experiencing a leadership disinvestment.  Which would then make the entire city a disinvested community?

SPicy is pleased to know there is now someone within the administration that has "the experience and the passion for serving disinvested communities."  The entire city needs your help.