Encouraging Community Meeting on 5/5

I was encouraged by the surprising amount of agreement that was found around the table at the community meeting organized by Kimberly Dillard at the Community Center on May 5th. My hat is off to Kimberly for organizing a truly grass-roots effort. Personally, I think that the most important thing to do next is to share the vision parts of that conversation with the members of the Lake Anne Condo and other affected property owners. It was great (and frankly surprising to me) that we all seemed to share , at least in broad terms, a vision for revitalization that acknowledges that new development and increased density are not necessarilly bad, but that, especially here, we should make damn sure that we take our time and do something beautiful, sustaianable, remarkable, and maybe even a little bit revolutionary. I think we can pull it off.

I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts.

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