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Caté Stokes: "There's a lot
that I'd like to change. We've lost our community. I'd
like to see the old Takoma Park back. We have too much
traffic, too much drive-through traffic from East West
Highway. People who don't live here come right through,
flying. It was so much safer before. I'd like to have
serenity and peace again in the neighborhood."
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Alan Hall: "Storm drains. They need to
keep them clean. When it rains hard they back up and
flood." John Newsome: "We're having a lot of problems
with storms and lights going out. We need to upgrade
our electrical system. If there's a storm we're out
of power for six days and it looks like we're the last
people they get to."
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Dave Stacy: "I wouldn't change anything
in Old Town Takoma. I like it just the way it is. The
changes I can think of, like street beautification and
a new community center, are currently being done. I
like the diversity, I like the people, I like the vibe.
One thing is if people knew if the crosswalk button
worked on Carroll at Laurel. I've seen some pretty close
calls. The lights work fine, people just don't wait
for the walk signal."
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Ja Shia: "Fewer Bush-Cheney bumper stickers."
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Sam Howard: "Less cars."
Nick Byron: "I'd like small parks to be
bigger."
Drew Byron: "The lights at the Junction
are messed up. When we skate to school it takes 5 minutes
to cross, since they put in the light [at Sycamore]."
Louis DuLac: "We want a skate park!"
Danny Jones: "Yeah, a skate park and better
lights are the main things."
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Susan Benfield [with Matilda]: "I'd like
to see them finish building the parking facilities in
Silver Spring, so I can actually use all the cool things
there. Matilda would like to change the leash laws —
No more leashes!"
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Sylvester Dumas: "More volunteers doing
community work. I'm a fitness and wellness volunteer
here at the YMCA. I want to see people helping out.
What ever you're good at, try and share it. That's what
I'm doing."
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Shayna Solomon: "No more littering."
Nora Howard: "More stories by J.K. Rowling."
Natalie Behrends: "More festivals, more
books in the library."
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Sharyn Sazama-Moreau: "I'm really excited
about changes in Silver Spring. It's like a whole new
city. I'm just so happy that AFI and Discovery have
come in and they've cleaned up downtown."
"What I'm disappointed in is the
way they've drawn boundaries for schools — they've chopped
up the community. I wish they'd rethink that from the
standpoint of parents and children and not from outdated
school board objectives."
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