July 18, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: I agree with Marilyn Buerken’s objection in last week’s News-Gazette to grading Courthouse Square to accommodate two rows of steps. The shallow grade there now seems ideal - about one inch in 24. Just enough for good drainage, and not enough inclination to affect seating. The fewer steps on a property the safer, and the easier to shovel. Why not save almost all of that $1,000,000 projected for the redoing of this pocket park by leaving the grade as it is?
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