tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post1928799354255542364..comments2024-02-15T01:18:49.376-08:00Comments on SILVER SPRING SPEAKS: What ARE our community’s assets?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post-48187583063542208422010-02-24T05:49:17.382-08:002010-02-24T05:49:17.382-08:00Thanks all for these comments! They are truly exc...Thanks all for these comments! They are truly exceptionally "rich" in content... Let's see if we keep the conversation going!Reemberto Rodriguez, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03544883403135870987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post-28541064594311524662010-02-23T16:32:05.146-08:002010-02-23T16:32:05.146-08:00A community asset is a feature which members of th...A community asset is a feature which members of the community can share, and which makes the community stronger, more resilient, more valuable, more attractive, more interesting, richer, and more fun. A lot like a personal asset.<br /><br />Like Sligo Creek Golf Course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post-64182003373977677862010-02-22T23:00:01.982-08:002010-02-22T23:00:01.982-08:00Would a traffic safety activist/blogger be include...Would a traffic safety activist/blogger be included under, "(f) virtual presence?" Hopefully, it is considered a virtue to encourage folks to drive kindly, and try to help establish "Road Peace" as a step on the road to "World Peace." If all Silver Springers would drive like friends and neighbors, wouldn't the community spirit be enhanced?<br />I'm just a simple fella, and don't know a lot about such things, but, I do agree with the first two comments. Good points, folks.The Gridlocksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125867408541589923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post-31679557147332571632010-02-22T08:46:14.680-08:002010-02-22T08:46:14.680-08:00I'll go second.
The last bit's of main ...I'll go second. <br /><br />The last bit's of main street architecture we have on Georgia Avenue that once the recovery generates any momentum, will surely be torn down.<br />The Cissel-Lee building that was so recently disfigured on Georgia Avenue highlighted here: <br />http://montgomeryplanning.org/blog-design/<br />is a classic example. More dishartening still since Planners on Montgomery County's own blog dismiss it and other existing buildings as they laud starchitects "that are working to upgrade Silver Spring’s architectural character". <br /><br />While I don't think it's possible or desirable to save every old building, we have an asset in the buildings that remain between the railroad bridge and Wayne avenue. As countless historic neighborhoods have shown, it can easily be turned into an economic asset, as long as our community has the forsight to save what's left.<br /><br />Thayer-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748817972171834983.post-53525291091043468862010-02-22T08:23:40.243-08:002010-02-22T08:23:40.243-08:00Well, I'll go first then.
Sligo Creek Golf Co...Well, I'll go first then.<br /><br />Sligo Creek Golf Course is an asset to the entire Siver Spring community, not just the golfing community, but to all of us who live here. It is an irreplaceable source of recreational space, used by young and old, and by people of all backgrounds, income levels, ethnicity and gender. It's existence enhances Silver Spring as a place to live and to visit. It would cost tens of millions of dollars to build it if it didn't already exist, if it could be built at all. If it isn't preserved, it will be lost forever. There is absolutely zero chance that the will and the resources to reconstruct a 60 acre golf course in side the Beltway in Montgomery County will ever, ever come, so if the course closes, it is gone, gone, gone.<br /><br />It is a fr better use of the parkland than any other viable use; it creates a small and manageable amount of traffic, which, because of the nature of the way golf courses operate, is not a creator of high volume, in-an-out continual traffic, but rather is an evenflog throughout the day, which is self-limiting given the fact that only so many golfers can play at a time.<br /><br />SO I nominate Sligo Creek Golf Course for recognition as an endangered, irreplaceable and exceedingly valuable community asset, and urge anyone reading this to renew commence or renew their contacts with the County Council, Park and Planning, the Revenue authority, and anyone else who might be helpful in protecting this treasure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968116955189057167noreply@blogger.com