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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dwight,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have to agree with your observations. It
certainly did seem that the majority of those negative comments were voiced by
those in surrounding communities. I plan on attending Tuesday’s meeting
as well, so that I can hear as much as possible about the concerns and the
supportive comments also. Since I am new to the town, this was my first
exposure to the project. I found it to be very promising. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Being a tree-huggin’ hippie from <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City> I was pleased
with the amount of attention that seems to have been directed to making it as “green”
as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I noted that there will be room in the NE
corner for “community space”, I would like to see some space made
on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
for some sort of community center. My hometown (county had 125,000) put the
county children’s museum in it’s historic downtown district and it
was a rousing success. The museum worked a win-win rental deal with the
property owner and I just read that it has actually become so popular that they
are having to move. While this may not be a great fit for this project, I
think it would be wonderful to have a place for the people of the neighborhood
to have meetings or such. It would also be a place for youth groups like *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>ahem</span></b>* 4-H and Boys and Girls Club (I hear
their building needs some work) and others could meet. Matt (I think that was
his name) said that a good deal of Sr. housing is planned. This building would
also be a good place for those seniors to gather.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I may be way off base here, it HAS been
know to happen, but it’s my small town experience trying to rear its ugly
head in the big city.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Comments, please be gentle. </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Arletta<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org
[mailto:towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Dwight Holmes<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, September 15, 2007
1:34 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> TownTalk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [RP TownTalk] Cafritz
update</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>very briefly... we attended the Cafritz presentation at Riverdale
Elementary this morning. we love the direction it's taking (no startling
new developments at all... happy to provide more details later... they said
they'd have their proposals up on their website "soon" ( <a
href="http://www.cafritzpop.com/">http://www.cafritzpop.com/</a> ) ....)<br>
<br>
one observation: based on the sample of people who turned out this morning and
expressed their views, one would have to conclude that university park and
college park (calvert hills) residents love their communities *just* the way
they are, whereas we riverdalians long for the kinds of changes the Cafritz
folks are talking about -- and appreciate the way they are going about it. <br>
<br>
if you like the general sense of their proposals and would like to see
something like this happen, i would urge you to turn out for the meeting this
Tuesday at 8, which is a repeat performance of this morning's meeting -- and
make yourselves heard. right now, if things were decided by voice vote,
we'd lose easily!! <br clear=all>
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-- <br>
Riverdale Park Coffee House (blog only-BYOC)<br>
<a href="http://rpcoffeehouse.blogspot.com/">http://rpcoffeehouse.blogspot.com/</a><br>
~~<br>
Tracking the Washington Nationals' 2007 season:<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/23wbga">http://tinyurl.com/23wbga</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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