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I was privileged to be able to volunteer
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on the advisory committee because it put me
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in a place where I could listen to
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my peers in the community, do my best
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to represent myself and those that I know
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that live in Siloam. When CPAC was put
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together, we really wanted to pick individuals that
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represented the entire community. So it is truly
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a community document. When I was asked to
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participate, I felt like it was a great
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opportunity for me to share what I've learned
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from living in the area all my life.
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We love this community and we really wanted
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to see us move forward in the best
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way possible and I think the city is
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real aware of that. We've got a lot
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of input from local community members. Those people
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having opportunities to come and give their input
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has set us on a plan for what
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Siloam needs and wants right now and into
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the future. For months this has all been
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on the website and they had several community
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meetings to bring people together and get their
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impression of what the city should look like
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in a few years. It was heard. I
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mean, were spreadsheets, there were comments that we
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got to read and see and that they're
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actually in the plan. I'm really excited about
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our trail system growing and becoming more connected.
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Maybe one of the things that I got
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the most excited about building and establishing kind
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of a community recreation center and theater space.
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Just to have a central place to be
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able to host festivals or just celebrate the
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diversity that is here in Siloam. Jen, we
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all know there's crises around housing being affordable,
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there being enough, and this plan has really
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good ideas for how that should look. If
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you haven't given your input yet, there's still
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time to do that. You can still get
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on the website and it's not anything that
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you have to be at a meeting to.
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You can just air your concerns there and
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we want to hear those. We'll be doing
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a final meeting that will be on May
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19 in the Silent Strings Public Library and
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what that will include is really the final
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review of what we've accomplished so far. And
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yes, we're at the tail end of the
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process, but there's still an opportunity to address
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certain things. It's just important to let your
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voice be heard, there's still time and opportunity
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to do that. It just matters. The work
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matters.