Dear Editor:
Re: Stay the course, Letters to the editor, The Record, Aug. 29.
I love Queen's Park. It is a welcoming, dignified, friendly, relaxing and invigorating commons. The park now has something for everyone, including families, runners, people with dogs, couples, singles, non-profit groups and out-of-town tourists. The parking is free and ample, and natural wildlife, including resident ravens, still has room to thrive. It is a large, beautiful civic gem in the city's crown.
We already are an inclusive, cohesive city. We don't need a pro-sports corporation to help us build community. We don't need the noise, crowds, garbage, traffic or loss of public enjoyment of space, and Queen's Park doesn't need to tread into possible neighbourhood or financial troubled waters.
I hope and trust council will stay the course it has been on for at least the past six years, if not more: bringing us together through sensitive development.
Judith Berlin, New Westminster
