HI guys,

 

Just to throw new ideas out there, I wanted to put my two cents in.

 

1)       A growing problem in our community is graffiti. Graffiti can singlehandedly ruin beauty of the city, but also can cause other problems such as higher crime rates, lower housing prices, etc.  There is a program out there called TAG (Teenagers Against Graffiti). Since this is a crime that typically is committed by teenagers, this program targets teenagers in trying to prevent it. In other cities, local home improvement businesses have donate the supplies for removal, and the program has teens “on call” when the police or others report some new graffiti. The teens respond and remove the graffiti, and in the meantime get kudos from property owners and community members for their efforts and a sense of pride in their community that they can portray to peers. Since we have Lindsay and Andrew in the class, and some of you may even have teenagers in the schools, I thought this could be a project worth starting up in our community.

 

2)       Park City needs a leash free DOG PARK! In our meeting last night, nearly everyone brought up hiking with their pooches in their drawing! There has been a long time feud in Park City between the leashers and the non leashers! It is a subject no one wants to address, few want to enforce it and even fewer want it enforced, but everyone wants to put in their two cents when it comes to picking a location for a dog park and why it wouldn’t be a good spot. I have always thought that the lawn area north of the library building would be a great location for a dog park, since everyone treats it as that anyway! Let’s throw up a big fence, set out some poo bag stands and post some rules! It would make our four legged friends very happy and possibly a few two legged ones as well.

Annette ellis