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t f '¢C., t 3. <l "' '.: "', at pE'C,',:/7]. {..:: .Z f; 'C ;", ]. <j (.2C, h]rfi L{rl i t y have for. Ash i and.
':his de'/c ". l.::.a:-, wL:'.=i {~ .F: ",.e:' ~>y 'bhe r. esponse over the oast r,lonth for
;'.::..rrhn :. -:.; t.. QD ar:C c.c. rnr!~: s s .. ,:::.~'. {..; ;: p ]. ~ cat i or, s. There were ~Z34 request
,.i,ade b> i ~::.,a~ 'y /[t=:i? :.'..;'e22: L,l.. L:? '=Or' 'bhe oOpor'.'t unil~y to rot urlteer t
5,1:. t ~e [11: '[ '~: :y,7:,~ As?; .' a'~"~z .. "[nE n'lost popu ]. a~' were tne P i ar~n in g
7',:,rm',~.z s:...; :.~r.~ _..~ :: i z~=.yw. :'::.~L.,.r.:~ rig Advisory Con'lmissior~ and the
~, :' omol- ~, [: i]e ,-'e~ i c, pr~c..'r'c,: 'Z, ,::,,'fire :. ss i on. ~4c, 5~ app ! 1 cat i
.a :22 c:.c,r¢..,a]'~ 1~ ed f' ,y li. et 't er s. ,::..c :. ,:,'neerf; t hat ex pressed t he 1 ore and
caring :ha'[ tit i zens Fee]. f<z,r' ~his
DL;rir~g the- recent elect ion there was rHuch discussion about
plarl+r~irlg and g~c, wth. T~ese talks ofter, led to candidates being
].abled as pr,:, or ar~ti growth. h~y perspective was different. I
d~d not hear 5alk of wl'~ether Ashland would grow or not but rather-
~'~,:.~w. Sow~E, ~5. rne ago rny mother-in-law called and told us that
Ashland was all the talk it, Beverly Hills...not for Shakespeare
or a r, ew museum but rathe~ as the place to invest jr, real estate.
It was very discor, cert~ng to hear. You want your town to grow
and prosner hopefully w~tn people who want to be involved in the
co~n~nur, ity...nc.t Oecon~e a commodity to be exchanged on the ~narket.
Perhaps it is this concert, that has brought so ~nany Ashlanders
foreward.
Dur concert, g i ves us a momer,t t o pause and ref i ect on what
brought each of us here and what makes Ashland such a desirable
place to live: Gc. od schools, relative lack of traffic congestior,,
a:~r quai i'ty, r,a'tura! r'esc. urces, culture, ecor, omic stabi iity.
c~uality c:,f the peOL~tE,, at, el h:[storical beauty of the towr~ itself.
Some ci'b~es abtract pe,-,pie with steel mills or chip manufactures.
We at'trac't with ~u,'zl i'b >' c,f I i re.
it, the past i e,.'C"{iSSE~C' c?,:,,":Cu~rf, ,:.,vet tlne lir.~itations of our water
supply. i 3hi hazlzTy to, say that this was a cor~cerr~ that mar,y
pe,z,p!e {::,~', t*"lEE C:..:,UP, C'] :21. 'Ne:[] ~.EL last years cour~c~.l share wS. th
n~{<=.. ~ttr-"::-';'t :.. '?;rlsr"{} z.~ ..... s'L-uc',y e,;alnining the existing water'
"~'~'2..,::, ..,r't:{= ,'~ :. :: :: ::: :l ~<:..,..:~ ,:7':...t,"' . ':. :..y.
This cour~ei! placed as its ~[i ar:cJ ~E,Z ~.;c.a] of -':=n-c
~ev i s i on ,::,f t he conlpr'eher~s i. ve p I ar~ {~r~cJ a el? 1 c,c.~er'. I ,:-:,k at 't he.. {,..~a..-'
cjevel oprnerrb af'Fe.~t s t he {c.,~es't, ar, d wat e.~ shed sux'.r.oun-:~
Ashtar, d. I believe we~ 1 ! see vePy ravo~'ab].e pPo_qr'ess Ir, ~c:,t.h
~ :'i~?fsF2 E~e?,':'~>:· ]. m 't-he year' t .:-, cL. ome.