City Notebook: CCDA breathing new life as vote to kill it looms
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The fate of the CCDA goes to the ballot box next week, with voting by the members of the downtown business association on whether to dissolve the near-40-year-old group that seems to have some momentous internal struggle at least twice a year.
But even a ‘no’ vote this week likely won’t mean the book would be closed on the City Centre Development Agency, which would still have to dispose of the Monarch Theatre.
That enterprise, which has been central to many of the squabbles over the years, stands as the most substantial, and really only, real property owned by the group.
A year since it started but its end is coming into view
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This week we reflected on the “start” of the pandemic, which is loosely defined by different media sources on different dates.
That speaks to the fast-paced reaction and confusion last March, when toilet paper supplies ran low and anxiety shot through the roof.
This week the News provided some papers to schools for discussions with younger students.
You know the kind of front page we’re talking about; instead of “WAR” on January 31, 2020, it read “Global Emergency Declared.”
It belongs in a time capsule for sure, but thoughts also drift toward when “Victory!” will emblazon the top-front banner.