There are a few days left to vote in the poll. The question is, should river access be made a priority. So far the vote is very lopsided in favor.
The point of this post is to give people a place to comment on the rivers.
I don't think it would require any kind of major investment. Just some mowing and clearing off of paths would help a lot.
But what we need most of all, is for someone to start a business of some sort, involved with the river. I would imagine a canoe business would do very well, or some sort of boat rides.
The music festival was a shot in that direction. I was hoping that people would get some ideas from that as far as using that area.
Our friends over at KACY radio wanted to hold concert there - so I thought we were headed in the right direction. The radio station jumped through all sorts of hoops. The only catch was they wanted a beer permit. The city denied the permit, which meant the sponsor - a major beer company - withdrew and the concert folded.
Also river access has been closed at the chestnut street bridge, and at that little cottonwood park out of Madison.
These are examples of where the city has not acted in a way that promoted river access and use. These are things the city could do that would not cost much at all.
People need to let commissioners know if they are concerned about this.
