Change is hard
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- March
- 5
What do Riverspace Arts in Nyack and the Tappan Zee Bridge/Interstate 287 Project Team have in common? Ambitious plans, great skepticism.
After attending Monday night’s Riverspace Arts discussion about a very early-in-the-stages plan to overhaul of a 4-acre area downtown, I was approached with optimistic, pessimistic and just plain skeptical comments that anything this big, this, could it be, sensical, could actually happen?
Like the discussion about the TZ Project Team open houses, the ambitious plans were often met with disbelief that it could happen at all. Or, the reaction was that the plans was going be shoved down Rockland’s throat and would be one that wouldn’t fit our county’s needs. Maybe so, but to minimize the chances, shouldn’t we be in there, helping shape the change?
Sure, both carry significant price-tags that, so far, have lots of money questions left unanswered. Yet, “experts” in both situations insist the current status is unworkable. (With the bridge, we see that with the work crews every day.)
Now, these are very different projects, for very different purposes. Yet, for both, it’s interesting how hard it is to start a discussion when we get stuck in wrapping our minds around big change. I’m sure we’ll find out how that works in November, too.
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on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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