In trying to understand the entire issue at stake here, do you guys have a written proposal that you presented to the town that you can share? Although I don’t believe the deal with Echelon is a good one, nor executed in a fair and open way, I don’t yet understand how/if Old School Cape Charles would fund the renovations and the operating costs/staffing for maintaining a Community Center. Not saying it can’t be done — I just haven’t seen the details for y’all’s plan is all. If you can shed any light, that would be helpful.

On a related note, Sue and I have only been Cape Charles homeowners for 5+ years now, so I can’t speak for how tight knit the community was before then. But, why I love Cape Charles so much is because it IS a tight knit community. Our friends are folks like us but also our neighbors who live here full-time either as retirees, or who moved here to live a more simple and community-centric life. It’s all of those friendships that we adore and why we feel so at home here.

I realize there’ve been lots of friendships strained over this Echelon deal. But, I still believe in Cape Charles. I believe in the goodness of people and our ability to overcome this. So, like Mr. Scrooge, please understand that relationships and actions matter and that our community is good and healthy, despite our warts.

Thanks, Wayne!

Jim Sutphen