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10/6/2010
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Shorewood Drive My Story <br />I accepted a job in Arden Hills in the fall of 2001. It took me only a couple of hours, <br />with the assistance of Yahoo Maps, to know that I wanted to buy a house on Shorewood Dr. <br />It is an amazing, short, dead end street winding quietly between two lakes after passing by a <br />soccer field and a stand of woods. I knew I had discovered the perfect, idyllic setting for my <br />new home. My disappointment was the lack of a for sale sign in any yard. In the months <br />prior to beginning employment in January of 2002 I watched for any house listing on <br />Shorewood Dr. There were none. <br />My first day on the job in dialogue with my new colleagues I explained that I lived at <br />Fairfield Inn awaiting an opportunity to buy a home on Shorewood Dr. They laughed. But <br />Garry told me of two of his friends that lived there that spent 10 weeks in FL each winter. <br />He introduced me to them and I moved out of the Fairfield Inn and lived in Ben and Bobbi's <br />home for tens weeks, while they basked in the Florida sun. Those ten weeks convinced me <br />more than ever that I had to just bide my time until a house became available on Shorewood <br />Dr. I alerted most of the neighbors of my desire to reside on the street. <br />Doris, the matriarch of Shorewood Drive, called me in August while I was out of <br />town and told me that her neighbor had passed away and that I should call his daughter. So, <br />I made a rather awkward phone call and expressed my interest in purchasing her home. She <br />took my name and number and told me I was number twelve on the list. I was crushed. <br />Fortunately, with a bit of perseverance, I was privileged to purchase the home. I have <br />considered myself very blessed to reside on Shorewood Drive for the past 8 years. <br />We have neighborhood, backyard picnics together on the Fourth of July and Labor <br />Day, as well as an additional open house or two during the year just to get together. Many <br />of us regard our neighbors as some of our closest friends. We live in an age where the much <br />needed spirit and meaning of community appears to be disappearing. On Shorewood Drive, <br />we have developed a community; an important and meaningful community for each <br />individual and family that calls this neighborhood home. While Presbyterians Home's <br />proposal involves creating a potential new community, it would be wrong to create it in a <br />way that harms an already existing community. Shorewood Drive is probably just one of <br />the many wonderful neighborhoods in Arden Hills, but in our biased opinion there is nothing <br />else like it in the twin cities. <br />There have been two homes sold on this street in the last seven years. Both became <br />available after the care needs of long time residents forced them to move. Neither house was <br />listed with a realtor. Both houses sold very quickly, one within a day or two by word of <br />mouth. The other sold within a few days after Jeri, a neighbor, placed a for sale sign in the <br />yard. <br />This proposal will significantly alter the character of our neighborhood. If there had <br />been a 294,000 square foot building looming four stories above this secluded neighborhood <br />eight years ago, then my story would read very differently. If you think this does not quite <br />ring true, then come and take a walk through our neighborhood and enjoy the views of the <br />two lakes and the many trees. You will quickly forget that you are in the twin cities. And <br />finally, stop in at Doris' home for a cup of tea and she will share with you some of the <br />marvelous stories that have come from living on Shorewood Drive for the past forty years. <br />Peter Dybvad, 3151 Shorewood Dr. Arden Hills, MN <br />
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