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I’m Mike Silver, Chair of the Ardmore Initiative – The Business District Authority representing over 200 businesses and building owners in Ardmore. On behalf of our organization, I would like to thank Carl Dranoff, BET & Strategic Realty for their willingness to re-engage in this Revitalization project & for their responsiveness to the input from the Board of Commissioners, Township staff & our community. While we believe that all 3 of the developers have offered exciting & feasible proposals, we encourage you to select Carl Dranoff’s firm. And we make this recommendation after our board met for more than four hours over the last few days, listened to presentations from several of the developers, and voted unanimously to lend our support to this organization. We believe Mr. Dranoff to be a man of his word, who has the experience, skills & staff necessary to bring this project to successful completion in a timely manner. While he has thoughtfully modified his plans in scale & architecture in response to community input, he has always been quite clear about what it will take to deliver a project that is “doable”, that will revitalize all of Ardmore, and that will provide the necessary connections with Suburban Square, while improving the downtown commercial district. We hope and anticipate that Carl will bring ALL of his resources, not only to new construction, new retail and new residences, but also assist the existing businesses & building owners in the commercial district, in order to remain competitive & viable. We trust that he will support new & existing retail in Ardmore in the same creative manner with which he has supported entrepreneurs in his other projects. We also hope that he will remain open to, & continue to explore, the idea of a community/performing arts center, as he has done with the World Café Live & the Suzanne Roberts Theatres. We’re asking a lot of you, Carl, and are optimistic that you will deliver as promised. We look forward to partnering with you in the creation of One, revitalized Ardmore. Thank you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
