I read with interest the headline today in the Telegraph's City Section and thought how appropriate to the Zoo. In the Zoo's soon to be released Donor Newsletter, we ask our supporters to "just imagine what your Zoo would look like today" if the money originally set aside for growth and enhancement could have been spent on that instead of having to meet yearly deficits. Hopefully, as the invitees to the weekend conference gather to consider the possibilities for our area and develop a new vision for Greater Saint John, that vision includes the zoo that has belonged to the people of Greater Saint John for more than 30 years.
Councillor Peter McGuire also was reported recently as looking for future ideas, what he called Blue Sky thinking. He indicated that perhaps the best path to get ideas of what people would like for their recreational time would be to "ask the children". We agree! And there was a group of children in Councillor McGuire's Ward who spoke loud and clear some months ago when an entire Grade 4 class wrote to city hall telling them how important their Zoo was and asking for support to keep it open for them. Hopefully he was listening!
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