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the age of 45 to raise their hands. Less
than one-third of the room had their
hands in the air. Huff said he'd like to
recognize this group and also challenge
them.
"We're doing all of this for you. We
want to make Fayetteville better for you
and your children and your children's
children," said Huff. "And we want you
to take a role."
A Home Run
Lucy Jones remembers attending a
'wrecking ball party' in Fayetteville
in the '80s. e party celebrated the
demolition of the "hard night life
places" prevalent in downtown at the
time.
"It was really wild," recalled Jones.
"But it's been slow steady progress since
then."
So, what keeps her and her fellow
Vision 2026 board members motivated?
If you ask any of them, it's Fayetteville.
"Fayetteville is a home community.
e military gives it great dimension.
It has such a diverse history. It's
interesting and charismatic. And,
Fayetteville is welcoming," said Jones.
"It's just the right size."
e recent approval for the baseball
stadium, which Mary Lynn Bryan,
another Vision 2026 board member,
appropriately dubbed a "home run" for
the city, and all of the other exciting
conversations around the future
infrastructure changes, has created a
real buzz.
But for Bryan, Jones and their fellow
board members and officers of Vision
2026, it's another initiative they are
happy to put their endorsement on.
"It's good to be good to the
community that has been so good to
us," said Jones.
To learn more about Vision 2026 or
to get invovled, visit www.VISION2026.
com.
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