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tralls bythe fiver, and the river,takes you all, the way out to the beach, and. then you, corinect to
<br /> otherbike I wal,king tra'Is ' n I Is not super complicated 't's real' le.,
<br /> pat-is and, i in tow . I t , i , ( ly simp
<br /> Sel,.,ectmaii O'Hara: 'No, it's not',., It's almost, all there., I' don't know If you'll have great success,
<br /> with, the,Green, the 'Vi'llage een but I think.
<br /> Mr. Koohallan.- But those are one of the ISIISUCS� it's important "Foruls, to go 'Into the,centerof
<br /> town.1, when you,walk into Ma,sli peg,Commons as the center of'ourtown, you nolonger have the
<br /> rights of a,pri,vate citizen in your-town.
<br /> Selectman 0"1 lara: No, it'sPri,wate property.
<br /> Mr. Kooharian: I just happen to thitik, that citizens deservea,place in-the,center oflown where
<br /> they have alltlieir n'ghts.
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<br /> Selectman O'Hara: The one element you're forgettinl,gis that we're Puttrig a lot of�ef ort io
<br /> the,Park across from Tow all hereand that should.be a,place where people w11111 con gre,gate. if
<br /> I . o attend , � , 1� L��� h -n,,.i
<br /> they do put abandstand out here, for people ti and there are more fu nctions tr at ay
<br /> become they type of thal you may be loo,king .,for.
<br /> Mr E 1, You. Kooli.arian" No, it"s not,and I'll. tell why. Because therks Fm look iiig,for ar e,the
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<br /> k"11111d, of park.that's' 'inte,Wr abed into,th,e downtown business district, so that you're there and maybe
<br /> you go to the,park bey:ause you,like the pacrk and there's tli,ings you,wantto, do ,in that"park, and
<br /> while you're there atid looking around.at theoptions, yo u,have for s h Opping or eating or whatever
<br /> it is. You're iintegnai tin g there., And peoPle, vice versa, who are shopping and eating or w I hatever
<br /> walit to take a stroll and go thi-ougli ttne pzark. 'We have thIsidea,that you have a paek and stick 'it
<br /> way out ininleonowre because b1.ywns wapar'k+Well great, 'but nobody's go,i,ng,to go there. There's the 130 fields and all that kind ofstuff.
<br /> TI-iose fields, are not utilized unless there's (inaudible),, there's a handful of kids there.,
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<br /> Chi,rimin, Waygan- It's a,great spot , r the ree sports and stuff Itke that. It really"is"
<br /> Mr. Kooliariian: it'sgreat to go for,those kinAs of things. Fhats not a, it"s iiot the experience of,
<br /> hey, what do,we want-to do today, it's a Saturday afternoon, maybe it"s,not quite a beach day, but
<br /> let's downtown Malp eewe'll go to the park or in the,wintertime we havea.skating rinu,of
<br /> some soft maybe a temportary,skating rink, and let's go skating on New Year's Eve and, then,
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<br /> we'11, goto a restattraiit andthen we"ll, go to,whatever., Or, with the congestlon,ofcars,, y,o,u set
<br /> -up areal series of b- .p I ikes , aths througb,the-town and peo le are able to b i ke easily o the to and fir ,P
<br /> center ofour town., I think that's a really good thing., A1,11 the cities,,major caws around, the
<br /> world who, are tr�ying 'to, figure 0, fu 'ot the pa'St are,inputtijig
<br /> ut how to deal, with thet, turel, and,n, 11 in
<br /> tli.ese kinds of things and.they' efinding it extremely success,ful and,profita,ble, People are
<br /> moving away from places,11ke Mashpee Commoti'S, where,,.*i,,"t",s,,.r,;L-t.Ied.by a, caar, to places where you,,
<br /> cati walk and you can, b1like. Property valuesare changling,. I've read recent articles about, fit.
<br /> Dillffbrent pl aces, different cities arc")und the couli,"t'ry weep lati'o nsareM ing adp ropr,t
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<br /> values, are changirig and sbIffing towards,places that are more accessible.
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