Mel Pins Quotations

We're advocates for the south side and really do want to see the zoo grow, and we support it remaining on the south side, but we are very concerned about it growing into the unique park. We now are at odds with some of the other south-side groups.

We wanted to beautify the entrance to our neighborhood.

It wasn't as bad as we thought it would be.

People want to invest in their neighborhood. It's a little bit of community pride and spirit.

You can build a zoo virtually anywhere, but you cannot rebuild a park. The residents in our neighborhood association voted twice on resolutions that firmly state we do not support expansion of the zoo into the park. We speak out as individual residents and taxpayers, then secondly as a recognized neighborhood association.