MargateNews.net - http://margatenews.net/margatenews/ Original Article URL: http://margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article204.asp CRA Opinion Low Friday, November 6, 2009 What people with a low opinon of the CRA can do to make it better When there is a PUBLIC workshop by the CRA wanting PUBLIC input as there was last month and only 2 residents show up, the message the CRA hears is everyone is ok with what is going on. The first word in CRA is COMMUNITY. If the community does not come to meetings or express their concerns ( missinformed or not) then the community is letting the board make decisions for them. What I would like to know is what do the people of low opinion want to do with the area? I believe that it will one day be a place that people will want to come to, will want to spend time at, where families young and old will gather to be a community.  I have faith in Margate.  No one is building or opening businesses right now, but at some point they will and because we own the land we will be in a better situation than most CRA's. So what can people with low opinions do?  Go to a meeting, ask questions, give opinions. Go to CRA sponsered events.  The Green Market is a CRA event,(in keeping with the public opinion that Margatians want a Green Market from a survey they did.)  The Sounds of Sundown will be a CRA event, an event that brought young and old together. To focus on the clock tower (which was suggested by residents years ago) as the whole of the CRA is a disservice to themselves. - Le __________________________________________