One goal of this protest and
related activities is to spark debate about gated
communities in Worcester. Many people don't realize
that gated communities can cause problems until it's
too late. We want to call attention to the issue so
that Worcester will have time for careful
consideration before gated communities become common.
We don't think that gated communities are right for
Worcester, and we believe that upon careful
consideration, most of Worcester will agree.
We hope that people will
consider the issue carefully before they move into a
gated community and we hope developers will build
gateless, open developments. Our biggest fear is that
gated communities will become a trend in Worcester
and that the effect will 'snowball', fragmenting our
city, and reducing civic involvement. No one in
Worcester should live in a fortress and no one should
need to.
Our main goal in protesting
Wexford Village is to convince the Flatley Company to
take down the gate. For this to happen we also need
to convince the residents. It is important that
people realize we are not protesting the people who
live in the development and we are not looking to
shut it down. "Wexford Village" existed for
almost 20 years before the gate was put up, and
hopefully will exist after it comes down.
We ask Wexford residents to
think carefully about their role in the community,
the effect that the gate could have on that role, and
about who they're really trying to keep out and why.
We realize that many of them have serious concerns
about public safety in Worcester and we ask them to
bring those issues into public forums, where everyone
will benefit from their concern. Worcester is growing
and improving in many ways and this progress has come
from an active community. We need to work together to
improve Worcester and we want the residents of
Wexford Village to continue to be part of the
Worcester community.
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