Perhaps they could take some of the $1.2 MILLION they intend to spend renovating the little-used shelter building in Loring park and put it toward a project with better need? Of course the $1.2 to be spent later this year is only the beginning of a much larger addition that would cost an ADDITIONAL $3 Million! Think of where some of that money might be better spent considering the condition many park facilities are in. By the way, the total Loring Park project is for an "Art Center" for which there is no programming in place, will destroy a number of 100+year old oak trees, and which has generated very little neighborhood support. Perhaps if the Park Board has less to spend they will find better ways to spend it. Richard Anderson Loring Park
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of loki anderson Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:17 AM To: Mpls Issues List Subject: Re: [Mpls] Re: Park Board cuts This thread is making me nervous, because my neighborhood park (no building, just a pool, baseball field and basketball court) has got a serious maintenence problem related to its basketball court. In other words, it has started to look more like a Wimbledon grass court than a place to shoot hoops. The court is all broken up and uneven, there is a significant amount of vegetation poking up thru the surface and it has a ton of dead grass and garbage strewn about...and no one has done anything about it for some time. The other Board members of my neighborhood association say that they have talked to Park Board staff and to Walt Dziedzic about it and have gotten a song and dance about cost and upkeep. And now I hear that the Park Board is going to have to make some serious cuts, further weakening the chance that this eyesore will be fixed. Anyone have any ideas how we could get this corrected before the axe falls? Thanks. Loki Anderson Marshall Terrace [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue. -Bob __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
