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4b M L a rr� What does downtown Elk River mean to me? To - f ' 1) Downtown Elk River means to me a look into the past and a look into the fixture. We need to hold onto the past yet we must plan for the future. Is this to say that progress only covers up the past? I hope not. It should complement what is there with what is to come and also supply for the needs of today and tomorrow. In doing so we must put in place the framework for the needs,of today and tomorrow, of those who will follow. As the faces of our city change let it not be said that we have forgotten those faces of those have gotten us to where we are today. A blend of the old and the new is not always easy to do,and to some' it may not be what they want, but the future of the area is in our hands, so let the past and the future be blended with today to the best of our ability. What are the main components of success? Success can be noted in several ways according to the holder of the idea. For me it is to bring an environment that the pubic will what to come to not out of necessity but out of interest. Over the years I have said that do to the constraints of downtown it would be service -oriented area. I hope that what we are doing now will change that concept. To combine new residential and commercial ventures and the new park it hopefully will become a place of interest. If we can maintain the history and the aspirations of the fixture together I think that we should be able to achieve what we have envisioned for the area. Only with new people coming there will the downtown grow. It could, maybe,have served just the way it was, but to serve and to prosper are not the same. Only by prospering will it live a long life. The new look of downtown may not be all old or all new but -may it be the look of the future. Again let me say we need to make it a place of interest not only a place of necessity.