January 13, 2010 Meeting: 

Start the New Year off on a good note! It is time to put on your thinking caps again after what we hope was a joyous holiday season. It is not unreasonable to say that  impacts to the Old Town center of gravity are being discussed, since potential incursions such as a scaled down National Harbor are dominating the thought processes for the City Waterfront Plan, and the City Council Strategic Master Plan is also under review. Your help is needed to formulate a well thought out OTCA position on these plans, since it is better to operate from a well-prepared early position than to angrily react to issues that are well under way. 

We urge you to come to the meeting on January 13 for a discussion and adoption of the Old Town proposed Waterfront Plan that is included the newsletter link below. Professional planner and board member John Gosling will present the salient issues and the proposed position for OTCA. Do please attend, because the only wasted voice is the silent one. The OTCA plan invokes a citywide perspective and looks at the possibilities that can realistically be used without the negative side effects that the City plan incurs by the focus on short-term revenue. So please come to listen to OTCA plan. It will definitely be worth your time and we need you to stand up for your City and be counted.  See the latest Crier for more details.