Good Evening – 

Thank you for your email. Attached is the Downtown Assessment Report for Cascade from our visit earlier this year. Our process included multiple in-person stakeholder focus groups, a public meeting, and a pre-meeting survey. During many of those discussions, community members indicated their interest in a dog park, among other quality of life projects. As you can see in our report, we provided a potential funding resource for community projects such as a dog park, streetscaping, wayfinding, or public park. All of these were brought to us as ideas from the community. 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

LIESL SEABERT​​​​ | Rural Community Revitalization Program Manager

IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

1963 Bell Avenue, Suite 200  |  Des Moines ,  Iowa    50315

 

Well Honey, 

EX-cuse me for expecting our highly paid public servants to open their eyes and exhibit a little critical intelligence when they come into a town. You might have seen the five potholes in the street due west of our new $135,000-gazebo that I hit every time I come around that corner on my bike. What is said in focus groups is not accurate assessment of the quality of life in a town. Neither are streetscapes, dog parks, banners, or murals, of which we have an excess. In fact, I am beginning to suspect they are a cover-up for the very real lack thereof.  

Shame on you, 

S. Keyron McDermott 

P.S. I notice you carefully avoided commenting on the shabby, undemocratic way this dog park ended up in Oak Hill. That's part of quality of life too, and you've certainly done your part to compromise ours.