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Blog Entry 169 of 169 Robin's Just Saying...
Yeah, it's true, I'm a Parker resident. Is there a support group? NO?! Then this blog will have to do. I've lived here just long enough to raise my kids to a point very close to independence, but I realize that in some resident's books, I'm a newbie. Seen changes? Me too. Love/Hate relationship with growth? I'm so there. Long ago in a place far, far away (Pre-Big Box Parker--P.B.B.P.) I escaped the smog of the big city and moved here. Over time I lost touch with many friends who considered a trip to Parker as exciting-and long--as an excursion to Kansas. (Your moving where?) These days, we're a charming little burg, close-in to the big city. We've got Parker Days, Carriage Parades, and that logo with the lights from mainstreet (guess we can't change those now, right?). Yes, it's a wonderful place to live, but it doesn't feel like Kansas anymore, does it Toto? My musings will cover this topic, naturally--this wacky town can practically write a gal's column for her! But I have a habit of digressing...so I may talk about kids, politics, movies, food, my dogs, or the latest version of the Main St. Round-A-Bout (It's like living in a carnival!!). Check in now and then to see what's up. And let me know what you think!! I LOVE feedback...but be nice. I may be opinionated, but my mother taught me good manners.

Operation Anti Parker-Chaos!
Contributed by: Robin Nolet   on 7/15/2008

Call me ornery, but there's something about my years in Parker that have made me take the words "Alternate Route Advised" as a gauntlet dropped. Living on the east side of Mainstreet doesn't mitigate the situation much either.

Sure, I could take the long way around to Safeway, the library, etc. But then I'd miss out on all that construction, and I wouldn't want to do that, would I? After all, "Tearing Up Our Streets For a 'Better' Tomorrow" could practically be our town's motto. It seems wrong not to participate in some way.

I'm worried too, about the merchants along Mainstreet. Not only can all that noise and dust be off-putting, but they chopped down a nice stretch of shade trees just in time for summer's sweltering temps.

It hardly seems the best strategy to lure folks to linger at the new Fika Coffee House (still signed as 20 Mile Coffee House), and definitely could impact your enjoyment of a fine wine on the patio at Vines.

But hey, we're Parker-ites, we can take it. Construction zones are the roughage of life-and a little fiber is healthy, right?

So I'm coming up with my own version of Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos. Come on Parker, head downtown! No, I don't mean Home Depot/Wal-Mart/Kohls downtown, I mean the REAL downtown Parker.

Shop at Parker Panache, pick up some posies at Mainstreet Flower Market, have lunch at the Warhorse or spend the evening strolling O'Brien Park with a double dip from Baskin Robbins. Pause to gawk at the big holes in the ground and the sweaty construction workers--the possibilities seem endless!

I'm sure the merchants of Mainstreet will be grateful; they've got Chaos to spare. So let's call it Operation Anti Parker-Chaos. Come on, folks, "Mainstreet Route Advised"!




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Submitted By: Karin Malchow
posted on 7/22/2008 @ 10:50:32 PM
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Absolutely love your plan.
Submitted By: Sara Crowe
posted on 7/15/2008 @ 10:18:22 PM
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Will see you on the streets...
Submitted By: Tom Treloar
posted on 7/15/2008 @ 3:30:31 PM
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And they call this bettering the community.
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Robin Nolet has posted 169 blog entries and 146 comments since joining on 9/25/2006. Robin Nolet 's average blog rating is 4.99.
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