The Bear Creek Nature Preserve (ahem, Carol Strain-Burk) is ONLY a “draw” for better quality residential development than the latest abortion-type rebirth of the Tommy Tompkins/ Steve Topletz “Preserve” IF it’s open to the public like an actual park.
Yes, I supported it when I was still the editor there.
BUT, that was on the understanding that it was going to be an actual park, not a “preserve” that was off-limits to the general public. And, after it opened, still before I left, I was informed that, “soon enough,” it WOULD be open to the public.
Well, from what Herb Booth wrote, that obviously ain’t the case.
If Parks and Rec doesn’t have the operations money for even this, then not only is Bear Creek Nature Preserve on “iffy” ground, isn’t the whole department?
Oh, and you may not have to worry a lot about this year …
BUT, if you want to succeed Joe Tillotson as mayor next year, a LOT of people will ask questions, or worse, just state opinions, about this. Not just about why it isn’t open, but why the council didn’t look at the Parks and Rec budget before it was built, to see if it could be operated open to the public.
The school district first, now city government …
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