John Barrett
John Barrett
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I think even more disturbing was that the president of the company described North Adams as a 'shrinking, depressing city with no future,'
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams,
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We lost a lot of beautiful buildings to urban renewal, ... The uniqueness of these buildings is the character and charm of the community. They'll never build factories like that again.
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We certainly are a much different community than 50 years ago.
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Communities are figuring out that they can take these old buildings and think outside the box and find good reuse for them,
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Did I know what they were? ... I didn't have a clue. But I knew that there was something on the horizon. I knew something was there.
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That's usually the consumer's way of saying they're not interested.
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We've finally settled, and I think both sides are pleased with it,
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I don't think we've ever passed the math portion. This is the first time (the district) has ever met both the objectives,
But do I want to go that route? No.
five forward steps
If we can take five steps forward and take one step back, I'll take that every time,
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Of course I was a little worried knowing how many points they had come back from and how dangerous they are. But we've been playing together for a while. Based on our past games, I knew we would come up on top.
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When this land was acquired by the city over 100 years ago, it was acquired as a water source, ... It was an excellent water supply until they told us our water wasn't safe.