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February 12, 2018 <br />To whom it may concern <br />My wife and I have lived at the Arbors at Santa Ana Apartments for over four years. We're very <br />familiar with the Park Santiago community. We vote at the First Congregational Church on <br />Santiago Street, and we pass through the community often, jogging along the Santiago Park trail, <br />driving to or from work, and otherwise going about our business. <br />We admire the Park Santiago homeowners' sense of community and understand many of their <br />collective concerns about new apartments being built at 2525 Main Street. However, we stand <br />strongly in support of the apartments' development, primarily for two reasons. <br />First, communities that do not change and grow inevitably decline. I grew up in the Midwest, so I <br />have seen this in my family's community. The development of the proposed apartment building <br />will bring a large amount of investment. The development's higher property value will generate <br />more funding for local schools, parks, public safety, and other services. To the extent the <br />development itself will involve direct improvements to public infrastructure, it will provide even <br />more enhancements to our local community. These improvements will benefit quality of life, not <br />to mention property values. <br />Second, I have seen the proposed development's design and heard about its features. This is the <br />kind of development in which my wife and I (two young professionals with Masters degrees and <br />steady employment) or our friends could live. The type of residents that these apartments would <br />attract will be an asset to the community. They would send their kids to the local schools. They <br />would patronize local businesses. And they would support the maintenance of Park Santiago as <br />the great community that it is. <br />Sincerely, <br />wq� 04 <br />Dima Galkin <br />Local Resident <br />