Editorial...The Blue Ribbon Committee
At this week's City Council meeting the council appointed seven local citizens to a Blue Ribbon Committee to to work on plans for a new community center and Aquatic Center, to be presented to the voters on the April 2007 ballot.
First, we don't know why they would want to call this a Blue Ribbon Committee since a Blue Ribbon is usually placed on livestock at the State Fair.
Second, many of the people on this committee also served on a similar committee several years ago. Named to the new committee were Connie Brewer, Jeff Lundgren, Pete Churchwell, Bill Skea, Betty Bishop, Pam Sitton and Tim Langley. They have a formidable task ahead. We hope they don't solicit studies from outside, but do the work themselves.
The new proposals for a Community Center and Aquatic Center demand new, bold ideas, which can be sold to the voters. Both facilities would be a great asset to Grove and the sale of the current civic center building would jump start the construction funding.
Grove does not need another Big Box. What it does need is a flexible building capable of handling multiple events including small corporate meetings, city meetings, banquets from 50-500, and an auditorium for school, concerts, and town hall meetings holding up to 900 people. The latest in audio/visual equipment should be included as well as a state of the art commercial kitchen. Flexible, soundproof walls to vary the size of the rooms are necessary.
The Aquatic Center should most importantly include an indoor pool and hydrospas for use by hospital patients, school swim meets, and local citizens who like to swim year-round. An outdoor pool for use in the summer should also be included, or use of a retractable roof could be applied.
Already, the myopic boo birds can be heard rattling in the rear of council meetings, people against any sort of progress or newness in Grove, regardless of their ignorance of the details. The April Council elections for three seats will also dictate whether or not Grove continues to go forward, or slip backward into nothingness.
This Committee needs to think outside the box and come up with really good ideas. It needs to do its homework...go to other locations and see their facilities. We wish them well.
First, we don't know why they would want to call this a Blue Ribbon Committee since a Blue Ribbon is usually placed on livestock at the State Fair.
Second, many of the people on this committee also served on a similar committee several years ago. Named to the new committee were Connie Brewer, Jeff Lundgren, Pete Churchwell, Bill Skea, Betty Bishop, Pam Sitton and Tim Langley. They have a formidable task ahead. We hope they don't solicit studies from outside, but do the work themselves.
The new proposals for a Community Center and Aquatic Center demand new, bold ideas, which can be sold to the voters. Both facilities would be a great asset to Grove and the sale of the current civic center building would jump start the construction funding.
Grove does not need another Big Box. What it does need is a flexible building capable of handling multiple events including small corporate meetings, city meetings, banquets from 50-500, and an auditorium for school, concerts, and town hall meetings holding up to 900 people. The latest in audio/visual equipment should be included as well as a state of the art commercial kitchen. Flexible, soundproof walls to vary the size of the rooms are necessary.
The Aquatic Center should most importantly include an indoor pool and hydrospas for use by hospital patients, school swim meets, and local citizens who like to swim year-round. An outdoor pool for use in the summer should also be included, or use of a retractable roof could be applied.
Already, the myopic boo birds can be heard rattling in the rear of council meetings, people against any sort of progress or newness in Grove, regardless of their ignorance of the details. The April Council elections for three seats will also dictate whether or not Grove continues to go forward, or slip backward into nothingness.
This Committee needs to think outside the box and come up with really good ideas. It needs to do its homework...go to other locations and see their facilities. We wish them well.
posted by Editor | 1:58 AM
1 Comments:
Actually, the decision makers may not all live in the city, but they have businesses within the city that generate a lot of tax dollars; they may also have some really good decision making skills and be familiar with what is required; and the end users of a new center and park would not have to be residents of the city to use the facilities. So the issue of living within the city is really not that important.
The Editor
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