Comments on: To the Clarksville City Council: “You have the cart before the horse!” http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/12/23/to-the-clarksville-city-council-you-have-the-cart-before-the-horse/ The voice of Clarksville, Tennessee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:33:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David W. Shelton http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/12/23/to-the-clarksville-city-council-you-have-the-cart-before-the-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-10606 David W. Shelton Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:02:01 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=13781#comment-10606 Turner, with respect, I disagree. Point number 3, in particular, is off base. Since when are parks intended to generate revenue for a profit? The Fairgrounds has never been a revenue-generating effort. Why should the addition of a marina all of the sudden pay for the improvement and renovation of the entire park? Since around $9.1 Million of the total money allocated toward the Fairgrounds improvement is for the Marina site (and even only a portion of that will be used for the infrastructure - the rest would go to building free-access sites like a double-decker observation point and arboretum), there leaves more than 23 Million for the rest of the park, including extending the Riverwalk to the Fairgrounds. This effort is worthy indeed, and I look forward to seeing its completion. Turner, with respect, I disagree.

Point number 3, in particular, is off base. Since when are parks intended to generate revenue for a profit? The Fairgrounds has never been a revenue-generating effort. Why should the addition of a marina all of the sudden pay for the improvement and renovation of the entire park?

Since around $9.1 Million of the total money allocated toward the Fairgrounds improvement is for the Marina site (and even only a portion of that will be used for the infrastructure – the rest would go to building free-access sites like a double-decker observation point and arboretum), there leaves more than 23 Million for the rest of the park, including extending the Riverwalk to the Fairgrounds.

This effort is worthy indeed, and I look forward to seeing its completion.

]]> By: Blayne Clements http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/12/23/to-the-clarksville-city-council-you-have-the-cart-before-the-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-10598 Blayne Clements Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:06:22 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=13781#comment-10598 Great Article Turner! Great Article Turner!

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