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From December 7 to 9th, Mayor Bosley sponsored a summit on Forest Park to bring together all interested parties and to have them discuss the major issues surrounding the park: land usage, transportation, access, physical improvements. State Senator William L. Clay, Jr. participated and offered some thoughts to the assembly on the 9th.
Following are excerpts from his remarks: “Not since the planners of the 1904 World’s Fair has any group been charged with such a unique and rare opportunity to shape the future of Forest Park. . . .
It would be hard for any of us to imagine St. Louis without Forest Park.
When we think of the park what comes to mind are soccer and rugby games in the winter, baseball and softball in the summer, skating on Friday nights at Steinberg, sleigh riding down Art Hill, trips to the zoo, art museum, science center and history museum, family picnics on Sundays or, my personal favorite, playing a round of golf. What other park anywhere offers this kind of diversity, this many attractions?
It is this diversity that presents our greatest challenge. “It is my hope that we will produce a comprehensive plan for the future of the park that a majority of the participants can agree on.
I am confident that this format will allow for different, even opposing, groups to air their ideas, express their concerns and, through the art of compromise, reach a consensus. (These previous plans) should be used as an outline, our starting point in developing the solution to the long term needs of the crown jewel of our parks system. . . .
The needs are great and time for action is now.” Alderman Dan McGuire also attended the summit and participated in the presentations. State Representative Nancy Farmer, whose district also contains the park, was present at the sessions.
In all, about 300 St. Louis area residents attended and participated in workshops designed to formulate areas of consensus regarding the park’s uses and design. Summaries of the summit proceedings are available from the mayor’s office and further planning activity will follow.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1994.
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