Don't forget to do your homework! (please see update below from one of our VP's)

Dear Friends,

By now you have received the meeting notice from Sharon Eckstein, President of The Save Ardmore Coalition. I thought it important to note that this is not intended to be a monster meeting, but it is intended to set a footprint for the future. As Sharon said "Where do we go from here?"

To that end, the reality is we are going to have redevelopment. Some people are ok with that some are not. But it IS going to happen, so as a community, we need to remember that. As a community we need to move forward towards the Ardmore of tomorrow. YOUR participation, as interested citizens and residents is crucial to the process. You need to be an advocate for the kind of positive change you want to see.

Because no plans are set in stone at this point, how the redevelopment occurs and what it will look like in the end is something we can all as a COMMUNITY have an impact on. How can we extract as many community positives as possible?

I am giving all of you a homework assignment if you are planning to attend our meeting. I am suggesting this in the effort to save time and assist in an orderly meeting process:

I want all of you who come to this meeting to take the time PRIOR to the meeting to type up or write down what YOU love best about Ardmore. What are the top 3 things you wish to see accomplished in redevelopment? If you have specific areas of concern, write that down and again, be precise as to physical locations if that is applicable in your comments. If you as a community member have a specific type of business you would like to see in Ardmore, now is the time to mention those things. What is YOUR ideal plan for the future? The township has chosen a developer, if you could have five minutes with him, what would you like him to know and why?

This is not intended to be a dissertation, so I am including a word maximum: 500 words or less.

You do not need to sign your name to the homework assignment unless you have a desire to possibly be contacted about your thoughts. In that case, be sure to include your name, phone number, street address and e-mail address.

Please understand that I am not saying we will discuss at THIS meeting THIS week everything you write down - I am not. Again, this meeting is to open a new dialogue as to where do we go now as a community. SAC is part of the community, but your voices must be heard as well.

What is past is past, we should focus on the future. Your written feedback will give our board something to digest and go over.

Hope to see you Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 7 PM at the Hunan Restaurant, 2nd floor. Feel free to bring a friend or interested neighbor. Comments welcome at

Thanks!
Carla Z.
SAC VP