There are grumblings in the neighborhoods by neighbors who feel that the Cocoanut Grove Village Council is not serving their interests. It might be a good idea if the neighbors start attending Village Council meetings and perhaps their voices will be heard. Avoiding the Village Council is just a case of putting their heads in the sand -- avoiding the issues they don't like.
We do feel that the Village Council does care about the North Grove and South Grove, but keep in mind that we are a small village surrounding a village center which consists of businesses. Everyone needs to be heard and if at some point certain issues are being discussed by the Village Council, that is just a point in time and an issue of the moment, it does not mean that the neighborhoods are forgotten.
The Village Council members live in the neighborhoods. Don't they want what's good for their neighborhoods since they do live here, too?
At the last meeting Crime Watch had a comprehensive report, this is largely a neighborhood group. Also the Playhouse, which I would assume concerns neighbors and the Mariah Brown House and Charles Avenue and most importantly the Glass House. If neighbors want the Glass House to become a community center and place for the neighborhood families and kids, it would behoove them to let their voices be heard at Village Council meetings and other places, but especially in public meetings, where it all can be seen, heard and recorded.
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