I have been reading information about the proposed Lagoon, positive and negative. The study due in October should be very informative.

There are many challenges to face: parking, utilization, who it will attract, costs, liability etc.

The statistics prove our community is quickly becoming a retirement haven. The question is will the lagoon reverse this? I suspect that it will not. If people come here to use it they won’t spend much money and they certainly won’t be able to afford our relatively high real estate values.

If we want a balanced demographic in town (age and interests), can we please have a discussion about our schools? As the average age of our population grows, the enrollment in our schools drops. Let’s pass a bond measure that goes completely to our school system. Get the best teachers (pay them well) and we will have people coming here, buying homes and by the way, spending sales taxable money.

It’s called long-term thinking and the benefit is a balanced community with people of all ages. For those of you that say “I raised my kids already, I’m not paying to raise others,” may I remind you someone your age payed to support your kids’ schooling? Let’s think long term and big picture and not just about an expensive, possibly bad idea.