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The City of Fayetteville invites all of the public to participate in the Fayetteville Forward Summit. The summit will run from March 31 through April 4, 2009, and consists of a two day collaborative process.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This email is being distributed, chain-mail like, to every civic group and church group (it even was sent to my synagogue, probably the latter category for them). I was trying to move the five days listed into the two days promised and got stymied. Checking the official Web site for Fayetteville Forward<\/a> just made me more confused. Day One is three days long. Day Two therefore must be two days long. They may overlap.<\/p>\n

Let’s all take time to study the schedule. When read a third time it makes sense. If you have time to comb through the bureaucratese — “the FF summit \tseeks to build on and connect previous work including City Plan 2025<\/span>, the Eva Klein study<\/span>, UACDC Light Rail study<\/span>, and \tothers. Participants in the summit will create action steps through collaborative exercises so that implementation can begin \timmediately. The end product will be a detailed economic development plan and time line through 2012.”<\/em> — and the New Age marketing lingo — “It is an open, inclusive, participatory event \tthat elicits the best ideas and heartfelt desires for the community, building on existing work, and connecting these efforts \tto create a compelling vision for the future of our community … moving the City of Fayetteville<\/span> Forward \tfor a \tsustainable future.”<\/em> — you do have time enough to spare at month end to help your hometown see its way clear. Or not.<\/p>\n

Day 1 turns out to be three hours long. There’s several sessions from which to choose between March 31 and April 3. Nothing’s available April 1, hmmm. Day 2 is a day, 8 to 5 Saturday, April 4, no word on lunch. Maybe you take breaks on the open day, April 1.<\/p>\n

What we need is a new, improved high school<\/a> to teach me how to work my calculator and calendar so I can make this add up then pencil<\/a> it in.<\/p>\n

In rereading the original e-mail, I see that won’t be necessary: “Children 8 years old or older are invited to participate in the summit.”<\/em> Let’s put them to work: Youngsters can explain how one new, huge high school is better than building a second high school and renovating the first. They can persuade voters to pay for light rail in our uncongested cluster of towns then sell get commuters to ride it.<\/p>\n

Charette<\/a> charette<\/a> alike<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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