changing expectations
In 2003, the City of Tampa along with the Mayor’s Beautification Program (MBP) and the F.E. Lykes Foundation launched a “greenprinting initiative.” The plan was to upgrade 10 parks in 10 years.
The Seminole Heights blog first took notice of delays back in 2006. Fast forward to 2008 - five years into the program - and we are still working on the first upgrade (along with two others).
In that article, Debra Evenson says they will finish those three parks and take on no more. The executive director of the MBP also says “we’ve done a lot more than we expected to do.” But we agree with the SH blog who asks if the expectation was 10 parks in 10 years, and we’re still waiting on the first, how in the world can that be “more than we expected”?
Stay tuned for when they actually finish those three parks, and tout the program as “a success.”
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September 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
In the city’s defense, the economic climate in 2003 was vastly different than it is today. Oh, there were plenty of opportunities to get started but at this point — you can’t expect them to upgrade every park with the citizens demanding relief of this that and the other thing