Cindabilla’s accepted letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
As evidenced by a lot of McMansions built in the area in recent years, some rural Towns and villages are in a state of transition. Now our town may experience similar changes. I had a conversation with Greenwood historian Blaine Mills about three and a half decades ago on changes to the community of Greenwood owing to seasonal residency. The interview now on file at the Historical Society, I asked him, “Where do you see Locke Mills in the future? What will Greenwood be like and the pond area?”
He answered with knowledge and understanding, “Well, I don't think I like the future. It looks to me like the future, around the ponds anyway, will be mostly wealthy out-of-state people who will own all the property around the lake, the town probably will have nothing. …There was plenty of property available when I was a kid for a beach. The town could never see far enough ahead to do it. …They had a special town meeting. A lot of the people who already had shore frontage showed up and voted it down cause they didn't want to pay extra taxes. They didn't care, they had a place to get on the water themselves anyway. These are the type of people that showed up or made sure their friends showed up, and I understand the beach committee didn't even have a chance to discuss what their plans were. Somebody made a motion that they can the whole thing and that was it. I know the beach committee was so mad they said they'd never do it again, they never had a chance to speak. I don't really think they had a right to do that. I feel sorry for the kids. When I was a kid you could still swim at Littlefield's ….”
Fortunately the beach committee did not give up entirely. The committee decided to persevere and eventually enough shoreline was filled in next the road to create the Greenwood town beach.
Cinda’s letter
We live in a remote corner of Town, over the line from Greenwood and would like to see, not a dense complex of condominiums but a park in the space where this complex is planned at the intersection of Main Street, Parkway and Walkers Mills Road.
Who will be making plans and decisions for everything happening in our historic town if suddenly its population is expanded by those who have no feel or affection for this historic community, Our Town?
Cindabilla Sessions (God’s House)