Recognizing that our issues are not mutually exclusive frees us to use our ingenuity to address them concurrently. During the recent FedEx Water Quality Hearing, it became apparent that solutions must come from all concerned citizens. We must sustain our economy in addition to our environment. We all spend our days working in some fashion, the majority of us sustaining and sustained by business.
Industry forms our communities and culture.
Incorporation of economic concerns adds weight to environmental arguments. FedEx is not such a company. After making this clear to our elected and appointed representatives, we must work together to design a sustainable community. Recently, I sat in the New Garden Friends Meeting House and listened to the proponents and opponents of the Federal Express hub debate the impact of development on our community. As the debate droned on, I began to reflect on the historical significance of the building in which we were meeting.