One of the big problems is the lack of Commercial Growth.  The tax base and income to the City is not increasing as fast as homes and the demands for better public infrastructure as the article states.  After the County invested $25 million into the new wide 20th Street SE, for some reason all the adjacent Commercial zoned land continues to sit vacant.  No $$ coming in to pay for streets, sidewalks and parks.  So residents bear an unfair cost burden at the moment.