Another meeting

Well, another day, another meeting. Last night was the HSNA. Lisa did a nice job running through all the topics, and there's a chance of getting some momentum going. There were several new, and potentially active, voices present, including next-door-neighbor Chuck.

As an organization, the membership really needs to decide on whether their focus is advocacy or the neighborhood. Maybe there's no way to separate the two. If the Highland goes down or the street somehow gets widened, there goes the walkable neighborhood.

I was thinking last night about how, in an area with so many elderly and singles mixed, the neighborhood becomes either a second family, or the main family. There are evenings on Jefferson where I half expect to hear "Good night, John-Boy" echoing down the street. Whether we like it or not we come to know what's going on in each other's lives, form opinions about the folks who don't come out on their porches, and judge the people exerting control over the neighborhod from downtown. More than once I've thought it would be cool to be our own little village within the city. Secession anyone?