tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post5943743151207898666..comments2023-10-25T01:37:12.725-07:00Comments on Windsor Locks Main Street Study: Consultant Begins Pre-Planning PhaseEIDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13591887136710860073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post-52658451389510125822008-05-11T17:22:00.000-07:002008-05-11T17:22:00.000-07:00It'd be nice if the west side sidewalk of North Ma...It'd be nice if the west side sidewalk of North Main Street -- i.e. Church Street North to CVS plaza -- could be swept. The gravel all over it does not present an appealing appearance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post-58634754376395996652008-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:002008-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:00I attended the 5/1/08 meeting last week at the Hig...I attended the 5/1/08 meeting last week at the High School and really like the draft plan that was unveiled. KUDOS to all that are PARTICIPATING AND WORKING DILIGENTLY on this project!<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice to see the "North Gateway" of Main Street cleaned up and a bridge going over the canal to a park / park like setting for us to picnic, view the river and obtain access to the bike path from here?<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice to have the train station renovated to be active/fibrant again?<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice to see the natural beauty that Kettle Brook has to offer?<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice to see the vegetation on the sides of the street managed better so that we could be proud of the appearance of our Main Street again?<BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to the draft plan being approved, accepted and made into a reality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post-85953948408886769332008-05-01T18:57:00.000-07:002008-05-01T18:57:00.000-07:00I attended the meeting at the High School tonight....I attended the meeting at the High School tonight. I thought it was and important start. I want to remind people than it is just that "a start", and that any input will help to recapture what was destroyed 30 years or so, ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post-28277740163395830282008-04-01T16:46:00.000-07:002008-04-01T16:46:00.000-07:00Sometimes the most obvious solutions to a problem ...Sometimes the most obvious solutions to a problem are the hardest to see. Wouldn't it be ironic if we solved the age-old question, "What is the best use for the old train station," by deciding to use it as a train station?Chris Kervickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097849076397540011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156127935742187482.post-41517358091174866612008-04-01T16:36:00.000-07:002008-04-01T16:36:00.000-07:00In discussions re Dexter Plaza, the s owners shoul...In discussions re Dexter Plaza, the s owners should be reminded that they can defer their capital gains if they transfer the property through eminent domain proceedings or sell the property in the face of eminent domain proceedings. This affords them a great opportunity and it would be fairly easy to begin eminent domain proceeding to afford them the benefit of that tax loophole.Chris Kervickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097849076397540011noreply@blogger.com