Justin Hosbey
Observer
SciCycle
I really enjoyed seeing some of the people that I knew were from that neighborhood come out and experience Cascade Road in a different way. And it was good to see some of the families come out and have some leisure time and be able to interact with their neighborhood in a way that like I said, at the beginning of the call that they don't normally get the chance too, because its such a busy thoroughfare. And also because it's a place where between the grind of going to work, going to school X, Y, and Z, you never stop to think, "Okay, how beautiful is this neighborhood in this street?" And the history that's on this street is so important to black Atlanta as well. So for me, I always respect... Like the hashtag says respect, cascade. And you think about, it's a very strong community there that is under assault in some ways, but also was very strong and has lots of resources that are there. And I think in many ways, if partners could look at those neighborhoods like that and think about, "Okay, what are the strengths of this neighborhood and how can we build upon those particular strengths that exist here and then rather than figuring out, "Okay, what's lacking here? How do we meet that lack?" But more so how to we be with working here and how can we contribute the most working here? I think that'd be a cool way to think about different initiatives in this particular neighborhood and similar ones like it.