The mayor and his staff should acknowledge them with contrite dignity and move on. Bear project Wilmington's First USA Bank has embarked on a huge construction project that's going to locate almost 3,000 people at a complex smack in the middle of the fastest growing commercial area in the state. The area between Del. 7 and 1 bordering on U.S. 40 is little more than a few football fields wide. Civic associations can be the bane of government and private industry planners. Sometimes they behave more like obstructionists than facilitators.
Industry often assumes the former without basis, which leads to acute contentiousness.
Now the alliance plans to ask First USA to designate a corporate liaison to keep members informed of progress at the sprawling site, and address other matters such as how many local workers will be hired and precisely when various phases of operation will begin. It's a reasonable request for a project of this size, which will have a substantial impact on a community still in its adolescence. If First USA remains committed to first-class public relations, it won't have to think twice about the request.