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The time for the City Council to listen is now, because if the city council does not listen, there will be no tomorrow for Hillmoor, only a moment of silence as the local residents all mourn its loss and what it might have been.
Hillmoor is the past and the future of Lake Geneva rolled into one large chunk of land near the beating heart of the city and the emotional heart of the long-term residents. There are those who love it for the memories, and those who love it for what it can be in the future. No decision that this city council will make this year could have a longer lasting effect on the residents, and the city’s future, then signing the death certificate for Hillmoor by changing the city’s comprehensive plan to open up this wonderful stretch of open property to commercial and business development. It is not what the city will gain that is the issue, but what the city will lose if the comprehensive plan is modified to permit the future commercial or residential development of this property. What the city will forever lose cannot be explained in detail because it is more than physical and only a small fraction of the city’s uses or potential uses of that property are even known today (28 are listed here for your consideration).

Here are some ideas of things that could fit right in on that property:

  • For winter activities there could be; an ice rink, cross country skiing, snowmobile Trails, snow & ice sculptures.
  • For summer activities there could be; hiking trails, walking trails, a golf driving range, a 9-hole par 3 course.
  • It could also be used as a starting, ending or gathering point for swap meets, rallies, benefits, charities and fund raisers.
  • Or it could be used for; picnics, camping, and zip lining back and forth over the White River.
  • Activities for smaller kids could include; a wading pool, trampolines, a merry go round, monkey bars, a maze, tetherball, and a nature slide.
  • Some other uses could be; an art sculpture park, a sandy area for sand castle competitions, extra parking, historical re-enactments, and a visitor wall or walkway where visitors could pay to engrave names, dates and events on a brick wall or the walk way itself.

What lies in the city’s future 50 or a 100-years from now, no one can say for sure.

Cartoon by Terry O’Neill

Cartoon  by Terry O'Neill

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