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Hi Bob & Vera,
You don't need any landscaping rope edging by any chance, Do you?
Its free and we deliver.

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Bring it up to my northern house. It would look really good around my vegetable garden! LOL The bigger the better.

not quite sure if we would. I don't think we are able to change anything at the place. Thanks though.

woops. didn't catch the "rope speedbump is a crime against humanity and has ruined many lives" thread. duh.

Ya know, I had said I wasn't going to post on this anymore, but this is just silly. I can remember when everyone was pissing and moaning about the condition of the road in front of the project. So, Jeff and his crews fixed the roads, are maintaining them pretty well. Now, he has made efforts to keep the road in good repair by limiting the speed, and you have yet another reason to [#%!] and moan. I don't get it. Isn't anyone happy to live in paradise and just "slow down" a little? Or, does moving to the island, or visiting it, give one permission to complain about everything? If it isn't the poor condition of the road, it's the ropes, or the time share ppl. What gives?

I do not think that it is really the ropes or the time share salesman. I think we are mad at ourselves for not fighting harder to keep such an environmental disaster from being built. I will say that it looks better than I would ever have anticipated. But the reality is that it has significantly disturbed the ecology of that lagoon and set a precedent that could destroy San Pedro. And the fault lies not only with the developer but with all of us who don't stand up against the policies that allow this type of eco-destructive development.

So why the bitching about the road? What is done is done....best work on preventing a repeat of this, rather than bashing something that has become a reality. I'm not there full time, but I can say that if you go behind this particular project, and look at the lagoon area, it is full of wildlife, it seems to have been a plus rather than a negative, at least where the birds and fish are concerned. I am seeing many more now than before this project. I don't know why, but it is. So, when you say it has disturbed the ecology, how so? And, if it really has, how can we go about fixing it? Seems there are so many better ways to fixate on this project than to keep condeming it. As for the "beauty" or lack of, again, it is in the eye of the beholder. I think they have done a great job in making it aesthetically appealing with the landscaping, the color choices. But, I'm not there full time, so what do I know?

Pam, you are right on. Sunandsand, you are not. Manufacturing land by dredging destroys part of the marine ecosystem. If the developer were environmentally correct, he would have named it "Swamp Village".

We just got back and I will upload new pics tonight for anyone interested send me a pm. Villa's and condo's

Thanks. Hopefully Reef Village can be used as an example of what not to do in the future. There is nothing inherently wrong with development but it has to be very carefully managed, especially around a fragile ecosystem like a salt water lagoon that abuts an aqaufur (sp?). I WISH THIS BOARD HAD SPELL CHECK!!!!!!!!