Once school is out, there aren't even sporting events to go to during the summer. Given the energy and creativity of youth, this lack of recreational options naturally means that kids will seek out other options - ones with far greater potential for damage than rollerskating. All of this is not to dismiss the complications involved with finding a place for the Moses family to build a skating rink. The Airport Advisory Board has constraints imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to use a site for dredge-spoil disposal in the future is a complication, too.
Potential neighbors have concerns about noise and traffic.
But absolutely nothing will be solved without leadership and direction from the County Commission, and there has been little of that. Commissioner Eddie Creamer has voiced strong support, but others on the board have been focusing more on problems with the proposal than any solution. But even though those communities are being created with tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of capital, so far not one of them has the heart and authentic feel of an Apalach, Eastpoint or Wewa. They don't have history, and they don't have family. This region is awash in consultants, lawyers and bureaucrats tossing about such development ideas, proposals and plans.