tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post4829128355833005399..comments2024-03-20T11:21:16.856-04:00Comments on Heneghan’s Dunwoody Blog: Brook Run - Update by Councilman Robert WittensteinJohn Heneghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046846808671417720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-70673870117973022592011-05-16T13:42:32.745-04:002011-05-16T13:42:32.745-04:00I'm glad to see Brook Run is perhaps off the t...I'm glad to see Brook Run is perhaps off the table for new ballfields. <br /><br />But the talk of building three new ballfields elsewhere is a nonstarter for me. I will not vote for any bond that includes funds to move the two fields we already have. This is not about kids, noise or lights. It is about financial responsibility. Spend our limited and precious tax dollars to rehab the existing two fields, but this is far cheaper than building three new fields from scratch elsewhere. <br /><br />We don't need three fields just because the organizer says three are nicer to have than two. The northern metro area has plenty of ballfields. The community doesn't have to have all ballfield desires solved within Dunwoody city limits.<br /><br />The current Nature Center program should be moved to Brook Run into an appropriate existing building. The Nature Center program is a good passive activity for Brook Run and its natural area for environmental teaching is much larger. <br /><br />Then the current location of the Nature Center building and grounds could easily be turned into a playground and passive visitation parkland. <br /><br />Altogether, this is a far less expensive rehab and repurpose proposition and is more appropriate for the size of our city finances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-50015389795202636802011-05-16T10:19:10.836-04:002011-05-16T10:19:10.836-04:00Excellent. I would much prefer an open field to ba...Excellent. I would much prefer an open field to baseball fields.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710878162061969910noreply@blogger.com