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The Big Story / Ka-Ching At The Truman Waterfront
The Big Story / Ka-Ching At The Truman Waterfront
By Rick Boettger
We have been debating the Truman
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Green space is a great idea, along with a low maintenance water feature to draw the families. There are already plenty of music & “beverage” venues that we frequent. There is never enough green space along the waterfront. It would be nice to have a place to take the grand kids when they visit. I say GO for it!! Good Luck!
And what of the affordable living that we all voted for a year or so after I first landed on the island a dozen years or so ago? Has that just been a flutter in the wind buzzing over our heads? What a shame – and yes, an embarrassment for those of you still there – that never came to fruition, Rick! An amphitheater would only work if they scaled the prices way down from what the other venues charge, so that folks without much money could attend events, and of course, that would never happen there. The park is a must, if they do nothing else. And I mean a park with lots of shade-bearing trees, which you don’t have elsewhere. And lots of wide promenades for pedestrians and bikers, so people could really enjoy being there. And play fountains for the kids that spurt up at different intervals like so many cities have now. The kids love them and the adults love to watch them. Key West needs to get back to basics and a park like that would stretch a long way toward providing that relaxing atmosphere for families and singles, alike. Please push for it and get the city commission moving on it or it will indeed end up being a century before anything is done with that wonderful parcel of waterfront. And again, I realize I’m sticking my nose into local’s business when I’m no longer a local, but I think from having lived through it with all of you, that the locals want it as much as I do. Thanks, Konk Life, for letting me have my say on matters in Key West that are still dear to my heart.
When I said shade-bearing trees you don’t have elsewhere, I meant throughout the park, not the city, since you certainly have them throughout the streets of the island.