Editor:
Re: “Granthams Hall’s fate undecided,” Jan. 26.
As past co-chair of the Granthams Landing Improvement District (GLID) and a member of the Granthams community, I am writing you to express my anger concerning the SCRD and its seeming unwillingness to live up to its own agreement. When GLID dissolved, I was part of the group that assured the community that in exchange for our water (priceless), the community hall, and three lots, we would be assured of upgrades to water lines on Central and Elphinstone avenues and the maintenance and renewal of the Granthams Hall. The community was very reluctant to give up their historic assets but agreed only if the SCRD would live up to this agreement. To date the only promise kept has been the upgrade of the water line on Central Avenue.
It is important to note that the Granthams Hall is a historic building according to the SCRD’s own list of such buildings. The hall now sits idle and unusable to the community that loves their structure.
I think it’s vital that the SCRD be reminded that their agreement to the upgrade and maintenance of the community hall is not a “should” we do, but rather, a must do. If the SCRD had no intention of living up to their part of the agreement, we should have been told at that time! All other water districts in negotiation with the SCRD: Be aware, their promises are suspect, to say the least.
Karen Careless, Granthams Landing
