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Page 1 of 1 <br /> Pequot Lakes City Hall <br /> From: "David Landecker'<dlandecker @landecker.com> <br /> To: <jerry.akerson @uslink.net>; <cityhall @uslink.net> <br /> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:19 AM <br /> Subject: RE: Highway 371 location <br /> -----Original Message----- <br /> From: David Landecker [mailto:dlandecker @landecker.com] <br /> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:08 AM <br /> To: 'sioblads o uslink.net'; 'jeny.akerson@uslinik.net'; <br /> 'cityhhall@uslinik.net'; 'easyzeke@uslink.net' <br /> Subject: Highway 371 location <br /> Dear Mayor Cathy Malecha, Councilman David Sjoblad, Councilman Jerry Akerson <br /> and Councilwoman Joanne Johnson, <br /> I write this note to show my support for the expansion of the current <br /> alignment of highway 371 through Pequot Lakes, for the future and viability <br /> of our community. <br /> It has been a proven fact over the years that a bypass will significantly <br /> impact the viability of the local economy of a small town. and that extra <br /> efforts, Time and Moneys spent by the local community and state after the <br /> fact in an attempt to draw consumers back to town often lead to additional <br /> failures and expense to the tax payers. These hardships are not only felt in <br /> the merchants bottom line but also in the diminished values of real-estate <br /> in the community. Examples of Towns that have suffered are not that far from <br /> home (New York Mills and Little Falls) and I am sure a quick call to a local <br /> official in those communities would confirm that if they had a choice they <br /> would rethink the impact it has had to the local community they serve. Both <br /> communities are always working on revitalizing there down town areas in an <br /> attempt to attract the local and out of town shoppers. after years of <br /> attempts towns shift or gravitate to the traffic of the bypass and there <br /> rural character and atmosphere are lost forever. <br /> I believe the Comp plan of your community attempts to encourage the <br /> maintenance of our rural character, that is the voice of the community <br /> speaking. A bypass will insure that goal is not reached as urban sprawl and <br /> commercial enterprise moves to the transportation corridors. <br /> Again I would encourage you to consider the expansion of the road in its <br /> current location. Thank you for your time. David Landecker <br /> 12/29/2003 <br />