18 Quotes by Ron Holt

The point, I think, is that Camden Yards really fits into that neighborhood but it has the 'wow' factor. A great new building that excites people but doesn't take away from the neighborhood.

What we're asking for is a professional opinion on what it would take to have a feasibility assessment for this project. The commissioners are asking us about it and we really have no basis to evaluate it. From a personal standpoint, it appears to me that this idea would cost much more than what we're talking about downtown, but we're going to ask our experts about that.

What we need is to get six or eight months of receipts before we get some feel for whether we have a problem,

Basically, the idea is that the arena needs to be near an existing district rather than rely on creating its own district,

Because of the impact of this project on our community, not only for now but for 30 to 40 years in the future, having the compelling information about what that other site offers, it felt prudent to bring it before the public,

Because this is a project that's going to be around for 30 years, and because we are going to do more research on those sites, we felt it was important to do that,

We talked about the needs of children. After several meetings it was clear the group had a shared dream and common vision, ... In this neighborhood, test scores are low, crime rate is high. We need to develop children who grow into healthy and thoughtful adults.

We're not worried about the size meeting the needs now and well into the future.

We had a long discussion about that, ... The idea was that urban planners came to us and thought they wouldn't be completing their obligations to a 30- to 40-year project unless they offered up another site that was obvious to them should be considered. Rather than shut that off, the commissioners thought it might as well be on the table for further discussion.