Please save community's gem of a park

I'm writing today to plead for our community gem, Travers Park.

Have you walked on the trails, especially in winter when the snow is removed and one can enjoy the fresh air, open space, and extraordinary view of the mountains? Have you seen elders from nearby facilities pushing their walkers on the trails?

Have you watched kids playing on the bike trails that are in the wild, unkempt area behind the tennis courts?

Have you watched the schoolchildren from Waldorf expand their art class in the great outdoors of Travers?

Have you helped the library conduct storytime under the charming pavilion?

Have you watched your own children grow up on the playground as the beautiful trees planted long ago grow up, too? Seeing the trees mature and provide shade as your children roll down the playground hill or sled down?

Have you cheered your children on as they participated in sports on the fields?

This is the community gem that is Travers Park. It is perfect as it is. Please don't let important parts of it, including the trees, be demolished to put up a building. 

Why not put the building in another location? It seems so simple to just put it in another location rather than demolishing what works so wonderfully for the community and beginning from scratch.

Please save Travers Park. Listen to the people you represent. 

Thank you for your consideration. 

CYNTHIA MASON

Hope