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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />T25.2-The GSA notes the efforts <br />of the Springfield Renaissance <br />Development Corporation (SRDC) <br />to redevelop the Island Park <br />Partnership property that <br />comprises the majority of the <br />Riverfront site alternative <br />addressed in the draft EIS. <br />Transcript 2 <br />31 <br />T~•i 1 Our interact in orw of a civic orido having to <br />eonti. <br />2 do with 8br1ngfletd as a who to, hence our name apringfield <br />3 ranaisaanca. However, we have cnoaan as our focus tho idea of <br />4 downtown. <br />6 eaeeuso in our studios, in our work, wa havo <br />6 7earnod that peopte6' identity and how Choy fool aDOUt their <br />f entire city era irrovocabty ttotl Lo how Choy foot shout Choir <br />B .downtown. regardless of haw well other parts of Cho city are <br />9 doing. <br />10 Civic entrepreneurship to Lhe concept that we <br />I1 cubscriDo to which ant's that thorn era -- that wa Drinp our <br />12 energy as entreprenaura from our various professional or <br />13 private 11vea end apOlY 1L Lo the Civ1C good. <br />14 TFwrO nro aona LhingO that City governments or <br />i5 faoeral governments do very, vory welt. There are other things <br />16 thnt private invaatora dO vory. vory volt end the secret is tO <br />17 find out where they match and where Lher can really holy each <br />1a other out. <br />19 And beC8uOe Mara n DrivatA nonprofit. Lhnt puts <br />20 ua in a groat position Lo onrtnor with a DuDltc partner ao Lhat <br />2/ we havo tnaL kind of pubttclprtvate pertnorahtp Lhet tiovorrtor <br />22 Kltehnber is Cooking for, for example. and pointed Lo us as a <br />23 good oxanole. <br />T~S,•jl 24 Tho alto that More looking at hero 1a the river <br />2S front site was identified as the 8RDC over two and a half years <br />~_ _. <br />Final ElS 260 New Federal Courthouse <br />