The following letter was sent to the Rehoboth Beach Mayor and Board of Commissioners with a copy submitted to the Cape Gazette for publication.
It is time to stop all the hand-wringing, arguing and unbecoming pot-shots and vote the garden up or down. As an architect, I can assure you that redesigning the garden by committee, as you have been trying to do, cannot and will not work. It never does.
The present design has been reduced in scale and scope in an attempt to satisfy your criticisms. A very sizable chunk of Cranberry Park will remain open for more active public activity such as ball throwing, etc. I must say I have never seen anyone really using the park, as it looks neglected with its unorganized, scatter-shot layout of odd benches.
It is time to vote, not to waste time with further debate. I have visited the Rehoboth Beach Garden in Greve-in-Chianti and I believe that the garden in Cranberry Park, as presently designed, will be a comparatively beautiful place to visit in honor of our sister-cities agreement and will fully satisfy our responsibility in that regard.
By allowing construction of the garden at virtually no cost to Rehoboth Beach taxpayers, we are in no way taking space away from our local citizens.
Rather, we are enhancing an otherwise bleak space in the city. Local citizens and visitors will have an additional beautiful spot in town in which to relax, read, or play.
To turn down this gift to the city would be a huge and embarrassing mistake. I urge you to accept it on the basis of the excellent current garden design, created by a real professional.
Jim Ellison
Rehoboth Beach
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