The Dispatch wrote
Bicentennial to-do list will need trim, mayor says
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BY ROBERT VITALE
About 2,000 people came to discuss the future in groups of two to 10. On hand-held devices, they registered support for better walking and biking trails, more programs for kids, improved recreation centers and a public-transportation system that includes street cars.
When it came to a list of ideas for energizing Downtown — reconnect it to bordering neighborhoods, improve the riverfront, boost retail and entertainment options, or add affordable housing — “all of the above” was the runaway winner.
Coleman made it clear, though, that a growing list of ideas submitted since last summer must be narrowed down. Although he plans to put a $1 billion-plus bond package on the November ballot to pay for bicentennial projects, he said it won’t be all-inclusive.
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