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Perfection is the enemy of the good.
Gustave Flaubert
French realist novelist (1821 – 1880)
The Daily Progress has a good article about the stalling of the Streetscape project. Please read the whole thing.
“We don’t want the charm of downtown to die away,” Trigo said. “That’s why we have to keep the businesses alive and work together.”
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors already has appropriated the money as part of its capital improvement plans, but Marshall said he and other CCAC members are worried the money will be spent on other county projects if property owners don’t get on board.
“Downtown needs this to happen and time is slipping away,” Marshall said. “This is a project that will benefit everybody, [but] the county needs to find a way to reassure [property owners] they are going to hold contractors to a schedule and stick to it.”
My question is this – if we don’t take advantage of this opportunity now, when will we? We’re not going to get a perfect plan – but we need to insist on getting this started and finished as soon as possible. What better time than the midst of a recession to prepare for the other side?
Secondly, I’m going to borrow tfjtolson’s comment from the Daily Progress in its entirety:
I want the business owners of Crozet to know that while they build it (the streetscape) we will keep coming. I want them to stay in business and I want Crozet to have the improvements.
Therefore, as a Crozet resident, I pledge to keep patronizing their stores during the construction.Who will join me in this pledge?
Update: More at C-Ville.
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Local government is part of the problem. The Jarman Gap problem came
about when the County allowed the housing before road upgrades were
in place. They thought that the state would solve their problem. Nope.
Water will be the next issue they will want to be saved from. They are
really lost but will tell you what you want to hear. Sorry to hear that you are not mature enough to tolerate an opinion other than what you want.
I and others will continue to oppose you. Streetscape project will not
provide water, jobs, or any real improvement to the people that live in
the area. How mant times do they have to tear up and replace the sidewalks for you to realize that the vast majority of people do not stroll up and down them. That money is badly needed elsewhere. Moving to a
area and then wanting to have local government change it to their liking is
an amazing concept to me. There is always the chance that the economy
will worsen or the predators will increase. Maybe that will save us…
The funny thing is that you people are so easy to notice. Just in my trips
to the Post Office. Get out of your car, lock your car, head down,mail letter, unlock car, stagger off. Or, park in handicapped spot cause the
other 3 are full ignoring the rest of the whole lot. But, what I am supposed
to do they cried in terror at the suggestion that they are more screwed up
than they even imagined. If I thought there would even be a slim chance
that Streetscapes would help I could tolerate it but, I don’t see it.
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