Letter to the editor: Return the grant
To the editor:
I think that respect for the Lawrence Arts Center would increase if they returned the grant money for the East Ninth Street development of an “ant track” from Massachusetts to Delaware streets. Stakeholders, design firms and professional artists might miss out on some dollars, but that is part of business, isn’t it. Sometimes the rain falls and sometimes it don’t.
Why not clear the table, focus on and invite all the community and see if we can come up with something besides bars, buskers and banners. (Some of my best friends are bar owners, buskers and sign makers; it’s the context of East Ninth Street.)