“In our auditions, the candidates and committees are fairly equally divided between male and female. Whoever plays the best – that's who gets the job.”
“I think the changes on Washington are positive for the Beat Festival. The streets are safer, the district offers more options for dining before the event, and more residents means more attendance. The Beat Festival has always been an opportunity for people to check out everything Washington Avenue has to offer. Now there's just a lot more to check out.”
“There's a lot of advantages to working in the private sector. We can move quickly. We don't have to wait for laws to be passed or appropriations to be passed, and this is an opportunity that came on the market and we acted quickly to preserve this piece of property.”
“We're interested in trying to protect certain key natural values in the landscape and make sure that the land will be there for our children and our children's children.”