When it's all said and done, and we've all had a good time celebrating, we're going to be richer for the experience and more invested in our collective future.

It's a local focus on celebrating the talents of our community, a way to view our past, whether it's history or sports or food, and exhibit the community's vision for the future.

The last 18 months of planning have strengthened this community and built relationships between different groups that didn't exist before. In that way, we feel like we've already succeeded in bringing people together.

For a waste of time, it's better than crack.

If you look at the time schedule of a park, this is being realistic about it.

That was the first time I had seen it under 100 for a month in two years. I also never thought I would see over 200 in one month, but as unemployment rates go up, our numbers also go up.