I wish to express my feelings on the importance of responsible development of our town asset of the Glass House.
Having been involved with downtown issues for decades I feel this development is critical to the health of the town. I believe it was reported that the Glass House brought 15,000 unique visitors to town last year. Many of these visitors came to our shops, restaurants, stayed in our Inn.
My belief is our downtown is not healthy. The number of vacancies and length of vacancy remain historically high. All downtowns are experiencing change due to fundamental changes in traffic. It is important to find unique new rivers of demand that move beyond past failing formations of retail traffic.
Again I feel it is important to responsibly develop the Glass House visitor and event programs. Again, its importance to the economic health of our town is critical. Keeping the unique history of our town alive and healthy is a community responsibility.
Jack Trifero