<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Sue I <SPAN>agree</SPAN> with you.</DIV>
<DIV>One other thing I would like to add. How many of the people who advocate altering Riverdale Park will be living here in 5,10,20 years?</DIV>
<DIV>Yes they are all for making Riverdale just like Montgomery County ,Northern Virginia, or any where strip mall chain food joint purple line USA, </DIV>
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<DIV>But will they stick around here and live here after the destruction of or quaint town?</DIV>
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<DIV>All the most affluent and sought after locals in the Washington DC area are the ones that have maintained open space, individual village like atmospheres. We could have that If we had intelligent planning not the come on in and do what you like planning we have seen in the last few years.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 6/3/11, Sue Collins <I><wheadle@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Sue Collins <wheadle@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [RP <SPAN>TownTalk</SPAN>] Change etc<BR>To: TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 4:18 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>RE the discussion about school equipment, development, etc. It would be nice if <BR>people would stop acting like everyone who doesn't believe in "anything for a <BR>change" is an old poot, some type of reactionary, whatever. As I said in <BR>previous posts, I've lived in the immediate area since Riverdale Plaza was a <BR>working farm. We moved into the area when I was around 7-8 years old and I'm <BR>hitting the big 6-OH this year, so if we're talking about change, I've seen <BR>plenty of it. As stated before, I realize change is inevitable and sometimes <BR>good; however, we need to be careful. Yes, the new stores in the town/county <BR>could be good, but we also need to think about the increase in traffic, costs <BR>for additional public services, etc. If we're talking about change and <BR>development, I'm just saying everyone needs to think really hardl about what <BR>they want and what
they expect, and what the actual final results of increased <BR>development will be, that's all. <BR><BR><BR>And I have to laugh when I hear people mocking those who don't want change, but <BR>they think bringing more chain stores to the area is a great thing. Speaking <BR>for myself I would be absolutely delighted to see more individually owned stores <BR>and fewer chains of any kind around here. The way things are going, you can <BR>travel from one part of the U.S. to another and never know you've left town, <BR>it's the same stores, same restaurants, nothing at all to let you know you're <BR>not at home. Just generic, sterile little suburbs from coast to coast. Ugh. <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk mailing list<BR>To post to the list, send mail to <A href="http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=TownTalk@riverdale-park.org"
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