Thank you to all the TICA members, and other community members, who were willing and able to attend the Forbes Hall Expansion Public Meeting on Saturday, November 16th.
It was great to meet with so many of you, and to hear your comments, thank-you’s, concerns, and questions. After our five information meetings in the summer with varying degrees of participation, we were pleasantly surprised to have over eighty people in the room. Many of you came prepared with notes, and some of you filled out the post-it notes provided. Several have sent very thoughtful e-mails, while others have directly called. There is now a volume of information and questions for the Committee to work through, to determine the key questions, and core concerns.
We will work over the next couple of weeks to answer your questions as best we can, and provide context to our answers. We will not attempt to contact everyone who has communicated with us, but will instead send out bulletins regularly with information & answers included. We are aware of the concerns addressed by the membership on Saturday and are working on solutions where we can.
One of the key things we as a group left with last Saturday was that everyone was respectful of other members of the audience and Committee & Board members. There are many differing opinions about the hall and its rebuild. We hope that by working together as we move through the project, that we will continue to build community.
What a wonderful thing, to be able to live, work, & play in a community of people who may not agree on all things, but do join in to be the glue that holds us together.
Many thanks, again,
Ann Dickie
Co-Chair FH EX COMM
