You can go to my citizen website and click on the link to see the panel discussion that was held on March 30th. It was hosted by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County. Christiansburg officials showed up in force with 4 Council Members (Barber, Showalter, VanHoozier, and Wade) and 1 Planning Commission Member (Huppert), and both Nichole Hair and Randy Wingfield from the Planning Department.
(the link to the video is the first one in the big section)
I hope they gained as much from the discussion as I did. What I heard was that we already have something good in our downtown areas and that we must work to keep it and improve it. The progress that both downtown areas have made is significant. What is needed now is to make a concerted effort to keep that momentum going.
Anyone who participates in a sport will tell you that you have to continue to train, continue to try out new techniques, or else you go stale and lose what you had to begin with. “Body building” the downtown areas is much the same. Throwing money at them for improvements, then turning away will result in failure sooner or later. I hope that both Towns will take some serious looks at what can be done to keep that “conditioning” in place.
Hope you enjoy the video.
By Carol Lindstrom On April 9 at 12:39 AM
