tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post9041095197253681177..comments2023-06-05T03:44:59.979-04:00Comments on Let Me Show You Vermont: DanvilleSusan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-12182036149445622352008-12-28T05:06:00.000-05:002008-12-28T05:06:00.000-05:00You asked a question - why is landscape so importa...You asked a question - why is landscape so important. It is the face of our sustenance. Any single, small piece of it is a stand-in for the earth. And, as is said, "read it and weep."Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151298064598120697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-63412333159958480932008-12-17T00:03:00.000-05:002008-12-17T00:03:00.000-05:00Wow, I had no idea there was so much going on at t...Wow, I had no idea there was so much going on at the green! Thank you for passing that information on, Curtis. Interesting that artists were involved with that project.Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-90284763938046366762008-12-16T23:45:00.000-05:002008-12-16T23:45:00.000-05:00I don't think you can edit the post- at least not ...I don't think you can edit the post- at least not after reading one of Clair's posts, and she knows a lot about the internet I think. That traffic light in Danville is going to change in the future you know... Its going to be a full stop. The plan is available at the link: <BR/><BR/>http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/Community/TheDanvilleProject/tabid/72/Default.aspx<BR/><BR/>There is a lot more than just the PDF at the site. Danville is going to be a totally different place when this thing happens. Its exciting to know that I'll actually get a chance to get on to route 2 at 7:30 am on a monday morning, giving that they'll use that full red stop light.Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128571578373659518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-73787926934024393842008-12-16T09:02:00.000-05:002008-12-16T09:02:00.000-05:00Hey, how do you edit a comment for typos after you...Hey, how do you edit a comment for typos after you post it?Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-47251482215275329812008-12-16T08:58:00.000-05:002008-12-16T08:58:00.000-05:00I think some people just have to get the hell out-...I think some people just have to get the hell out--I know I did. My community in DC led one of the few successful fights against an urban freeway and development (once we had battled for and got a subway (which took ten years) the "planners" said we didn't have enough population to justify a metro stop, and wanted to tear down Victorians and put up high rises.) My artist (not much time for that) father was lead organizer, and part of what I was hoping to leave behind moving up here were the endless meetings and picket lines of my childhood. I guess that wish is "fleeing reality". I think the big lesson learned to learn from what our hometowns went through is "never trust the experts".Susan Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032287022267125091.post-51319931269164551262008-12-16T08:15:00.000-05:002008-12-16T08:15:00.000-05:00I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey (mostly) and ha...I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey (mostly) and had the same experience (well, no artist father...) Princeton used to be a sleepy University town surrounded by big dairy farms. In the 70's developers took over the zoning boards, taxed the land at development rates, and overnight the farms were gone. The place is now a corporate corridor. I'm too grown up to think that things should (or could) never change, but I certainly wish a better balance had been preserved between development and open land. Now that there is a demand for a local food supply I imagine that others wish so too. Being in Vermont does restore something - though I sometimes wonder if I am not just fleeing from reality here...Elizabeth Torakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801081708626369191noreply@blogger.com