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- Posted on 11.15.05
Two groups of students from an elementary school in St. Louis county recently sent me their suggestions for elements/attractions to be included in the final version of the Downtown riverfront plan. I wrote back to them thanking them for their willingness to be involved in the process. I told them that their participation was important — and their ideas, welcome.
Antoine, Randell, John, Josh, and Ryan urged me to support “things for kids to do” and they even included a map and some prices.
They suggested:
Helicopter rides for $20
Public basketball courts
A go cart track
A dirt bike track
Monster truck rides for $10
Eric, Alex, Robert, Chris, Ricky, and two different Kyles also drew a map, but they did not include a pricing strategy.
They suggested:
A dog park
A volcano roller coaster
A flag on top of the Arch
A haunted mine train
A pirate restaurant
Public baseball diamonds
A skate park
I know that Planning Director Rollin Stanley and the other planners will take these suggestions — and the ideas behind them very seriously. If I didn’t laugh when Rollin sent me a memo about floating islands in the Mississippi, I am pretty sure he is not going to laugh when I forward to him a suggestion about a pirate restaurant.
