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<DIV>Thank you, Tom.</DIV>
<DIV>You are a Mover-and-a-Shaker.</DIV>
<DIV>-Luke.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:gushank@hotmail.com
href="mailto:gushank@hotmail.com">gushank@hotmail.com</A> ; <A
title=mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
Downtown...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 7:00 PM on Tuesday (April 22nd) in the City Council Chambers
the Moscow <BR>Board of Adjustment will hear an application for conditional
use permit <BR>concerning the property located 504 South Main (ssee attached
PDF file).<BR><BR>You are welcome to attend and voice your
opinion.<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow,
Idaho<BR><BR><BR>> As a late-comer to Vision 2020, I am perhaps a bit
behind the curve on<BR>> this, but was wondering if there have been any
ruminations on something<BR>> that has become a recent burr in my
saddle. Without aspersion, and in<BR>> recognition of the possible
link to a local powder-keg issue, I would<BR>> like to address in
particular what is going in and on at the old<BR>> Goodwill space.
The City has a new, slick and shiny Comprehensive Plan<BR>> on its website,
with a vision for the downtown core, which emphasizes an<BR>> attractive
and pedestrian-friendly space for the community to<BR>> participate and
gather in a collective spirit. I love our downtown, our<BR>>
Friendship Square, and the idea of retaining our "Old Town", with its<BR>>
characteristic signature businesses, artwork and galleries, and<BR>>
quirkiness as separate from the junk going in out on the State Line.
It<BR>> dismays me to see, at such a focal corner, the eyesore of "the
Impact<BR>> Church". Here we have a space completely out of synch
with Moscow's<BR>> vision, with plywood duct-taped in the windows; a
decidedly<BR>> non-participatory entity. Is there any recourse to
prevent this sort of<BR>> blight from spreading in the future?
Without becoming a ranter and a<BR>> fist-shaker, I'd like to see an active
and productive effort to be our<BR>> town's Shepherds, and see to it that
it remains a settlement where we<BR>> all feel safe, involved, and
aesthetically, spiritually and<BR>> intellectually engaged. How do we
achieve this and also remain<BR>> inclusive and diverse?<BR>> Thanks for
your thoughts. Please advise if this has been hashed-over<BR>>
previously and I may direct myself to any archives.<BR>> -Lucas
Rate.<BR>-Lucas Rate.<BR><BR><BR>"People who ridicule others while hiding
behind anonymous monikers in chat-<BR>room forums are neither brave nor
clever." <BR><BR>- Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August
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