Rhodes Less Traveled
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Paint the Town off and running
August 2nd, 2009 at Sun, 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am by jeffrhodesKnowing that the Paint the Town event was scheduled to kick off this morning, I made sure I was there at 8 a.m. for the festivities. Turns out there weren’t any.
I don’t mean to say there was nothing going on. There was. Lots of people — though not yet the dozens organizers are hoping for — were already in place prepping, painting and generally making themselves useful. I had somehow expected a speech or two from Delilah or the mayor thanking people for turning out and motivating them to get to work.
But there was none of that. When the appointed hour arrived, Bay Street was blocked off but that was about it. The whole thing was very businesslike — which seems like the proper approach to me.
I’ll venture down later and blog again just to keep you updated. In the meantime, take my word for it — things are already starting to look better down there than I’ve seen them in a lot of years.
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