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Is the sun rising or setting
on Chili?
Below are some additional Agenda items that this web site is promoting.
Theme number one is in the area of economic development:
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We need to encourage future
commercial development to occur in our current
commercial center to assure the prosperity of the
businesses in that area and bring new vitality to our
commercial core.
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Develop a warm, inviting
Town Center Area on Chili Avenue across from Chili Paul
Plaza. Consider brick walkways, a clock tower, a gazebo,
perhaps a farmer's market and
some kind of nice gathering area for the residents of
Chili and shoppers in our commercial center. Chili could
benefit from Main Street-like area that we could all be
proud of! A
combination of public and private money could be
pursued as many other communities have done around the
country.
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Our elected officials should
to identify Federal, State, Local and private
sources of revenue for these projects.
Main Street revitalization projects are a very
popular item for both public and private
funding.
This is not the time
to to be negative about
obstacles to making such a vision come true.
This is a time to join together and put in the
hard work to see
just how much we can get done!
Our second
theme is in the area of education:
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Chili should form a
committee to explore the feasibility and
advantages of forming its own school district.
Chili currently pays money to four other
school districts; Wheatland-Chili;
Churchville-Chili, Cal - Mum and Gates-Chili. All this
money should be utilized for the development of
a brand new High School and a brand new Middle
school for Chili Residents. As far as suburban
school districts in this area, a consolidated Chili
School District would be second in size only to
the Greece School District. It would be a school
district with tremendous academic vitality and
unify our Town in a way that is unprecedented in
Chili's history. Our sports teams would be a
major force in the upstate area and the
governing of this new school district would be
solely in the hands of Chili residents.
Our third theme
is in the area of self-promotion:
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Chili needs an
identity of its own
The Messenger Post Newspapers have a
Gates-Chili edition. The Democrat and
Chronicle have an Our Towns edition every
Wednesday that includes Gates, Chili and
Henrietta. Our mailing address isn't "Chili
NY". For most of us it is "Rochester NY".
While it might be unrealistic to think that
Chili could, someday warrant its own section
in these two publications, perhaps one day,
Chili might have its own publication. An
online, weekly publication is a possibility
it a traditional newspaper isn't. With
enough economic growth and prosperity,
anything is possible!
Do you have a theme to
suggest for this web site? Do you have any
commentary to share? Unlike the local
newspapers, you can submit your "letters to the
editor" or comments right now, for everyone to
read, by clicking on this link:
Commentary and Letters To The Editor
Thank you for visiting this site. Visit
often and watch it grow over time. New features
will be added beginning in September. Your
suggestions are welcome! You can send them
to the webmaster by
clicking here.
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