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<DIV><SPAN class=296585017-09092007>Emily</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296585017-09092007>Vacan is vacant. Dressing up buildings
is not going to make it go away. We don't have to tolerate vacant if we
don't want to. Those buildings have been vacant for so long, they go
unnoticed. I assure you this would not occur in College
Park. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296585017-09092007>Recall the episode with the Field of
Dreams. We as citizens can make things happen.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296585017-09092007>Bruce</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org
[mailto:towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>OurDollMom@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 08, 2007 3:03
PM<BR><B>To:</B> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RP TownTalk]
Town Center Bldgs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial>
<DIV>A big downer for me to go to my shop and</DIV>
<DIV>have my customer's come from around the</DIV>
<DIV>Beltway to see me is the empty buildings.</DIV>
<DIV>It scares some of my customer's, is not a</DIV>
<DIV>good view & certainly does not encourage</DIV>
<DIV>them to go home & tell friends/neighbors I</DIV>
<DIV>am here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would like to see all the glass in the vacant</DIV>
<DIV>buildings filled with artists' murals - maybe of</DIV>
<DIV>fun facts about our town history, maybe some</DIV>
<DIV>old tyme movie themes, maybe about the</DIV>
<DIV>history taking place in DC that would co-incide</DIV>
<DIV>with the mansion history.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If we could get rid of the vacant look & have</DIV>
<DIV>something fun, educational, neat to look at</DIV>
<DIV>we would attract people just to see the murals.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this possible?</DIV>
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<DIV>Em</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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