This Saturday, Broadmoor will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the “Dot.” At 3:45 p.m. at the Rosa F. Keller Library and Center, a brass band will lead a short parade back to the neutral ground on the 3700 block of Napoleon Ave, where it all began. There will be a green dot cake and folks are encouraged to wear a dot or two on their person. After all, it was partially due to the dot that Broadmoor that rose up and told the bureaucrats that they couldn’t turn our neighborhood into a drainage ditch.
The organizers of this neighborhood renaissance deserve to be congratulated. And, in typical Broadmoor fashion, they are obviously not at all hesitant to congratulate themselves. But when I think about this story I often wonder what could have been achieved for the entire city if the advantages and resources like those put to use in the saving of Broadmoor were purposed toward reviving more than just one neighborhood.
Note: Edited slightly post-publication to keep from sounding too gloomy
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