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Mountain Hope
The treasure of our neighborhood is subtle. Mount Hope has a lot of problems, and these problems are likely not going to go away without something very substantial being done. What needs to be done to rid us of our community ills may not be so obvious. Something deeper needs to take place and a new path must be discovered.
The long foresty pathway running from Grandview street across much of Mount Hope is an urban rarity and a true treasure. The potential dignity the greenway affords our neighborhood is measured in many ways. Children can easily go to a friends house, couples can take strolls in the evening, grandmothers can easily meet their neighbors several streets over.
The city of Providence currently owns a key section of our greenway and they are to "go condo" on the greatest section of our Mountain. The greenway is currently underused and not maintained. This pathway just sits there defenseless waiting for some nearsighted government official, organization and developer to tear it out.
This is our Mountain. It is the land on which we live and where our family lives. The forest pathway rolling through our neighborhood is Mount Hope. Sure there is litter there and it is a bit dodgy to walk though at certain hours. The green pathway through our neighborhood truthfully reflects our community ills.
Hope and dreams are not reflected by vinyl sided condos but they are in the trees and canopy of leaves that shade the children playing below.
Brad Spencer
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Posted at November 4, 2005 11:59 AM
It is lovely, but the state now owns that piece of land.
Posted by: Katie at November 5, 2005 12:27 AM