People nowadays don't seem to be as interested in finding re-uses for things as in the old days, but I've been told I'm too much into the money-saving mentality of the great depression. So I don't know if this is reasonable or even doable, but I'm wondering about the "old" gatehouse building, furniture and fixtures. All *new and shiny* looks higher class, but in reality it's just a facade when we're crumbling on the inside of our infrastructure. If we save money by using, re-using and re-purposing what we have as long as we can, it seems like we could say we're being fiscally prudent more convincingly. I understand with the hundreds of thousands and even millions we're having to spend on big projects, that trying to save relatively small amounts can seem like being "nickled and dimed to death," as one director mentioned a few meetings back. But I believe most people up here are "regular folks." Yes, we have the highly intelligent, skilled, educated and big money income individuals, who don't have to save on things for their own budgets. I think though, that the majority do have to watch budgets by "nickle and diming" ourselves -- and observing our CSD making the most of our resources on large and small projects, would go a long way in good public relations . Thank you btw, for mentioning the savings on these projects in this site. So, will we salvage and use as much of the old gatehouse as possible? If we're not going to move and incorporate the old building and fixtures intact, there must be ways to use most of it somewhere, thus saving money. Yes, it's old fashioned. "Use it up, use it out, make it do or do without," is old school thinking. It's also the kind of thinking that kept us out of the level of debt that seems to be acceptable nowdays. Thank you for giving this your consideration.