Today I joined a lovely group of people who have formed the group R Neighborhoods are R-1 on Western Avenue to support the existing zoning of R-1 at Ponte Vista.  The developer purchased the property knowing what the zoning was and hoped to be able to change it to a much higher density as he has been able to do in other communities.

A group of about 30 people gathered outside the Ponte Vista site with signs, banners and petitions, I carried a sign and passed out R-1 bumper stickers.  Thousands of cars drove past us, most with smiles, waves, thumbs up and lots of horn honking.  People pulled over to sign the R-1 petition and had words of encouragement.  We then went and stood outside a local store and set up shop to gather signatures.  Most people ignore petitions outside shops, however this was different, people were coming up to us asking to sign, sometimes there was a wait to sign and wait they did.  People thanked us for spending our day supporting our community.

I was very impressed by this group of people who volunteer their free time to support what they feel is best for the community as a whole and very impressed with the local community for their overwhelming support of R-1 only.