I believe some of our city leaders may be misreading the wishes of many Woodcreek residents. Most of us once lived in or near larger cities, in neighborhoods with spacious homes, wide curbed streets, sidewalks and carefully manicured lawns. Those places served us well for a time, but over the years they began to feel somewhat uniform—pleasant, perhaps, but also predictable and, frankly, a little dull.
When we came here, we were looking for something different: a genuine small-town community that is quieter, more varied and more personal. We appreciate the narrow asphalt streets and the diversity in the size, style and value of the homes—and in the people who live in them. We even smile at the sight of a large tree preserved right in the middle of the street, protected rather than removed. That character is part of what drew us here.
This is what we value and what we hope to preserve. A community like ours, which grew naturally and a bit haphazardly over time, cannot simply be remade into one of the large, carefully planned developments many of us chose to leave behind.We have already had the asphalt of one of our major streets replaced with concrete (and it looks out of place), there has been talk of adding sidewalks where there is simply not room for them and, now, someone is wanting to add a bright, digital sign at one of the entrances of our “dark skies” community? I’m hearing a community that is saying, “no thanks!”
