where we at with this?

As I related in the last post, there's a lot going on with the home for Louisville Cross.
The are facts, there are suppositions and there are rumours.

Here are the facts as I've come across them.

The city of Louisville wants to find a permanent home for cyclocross on the River Rd corridor. That's awesome. No more fighting the dog-people, control of what happens and a schedule that works more around us. Also, if its still on River Rd, it should still be a place we can ride to. Driving to ride my bike seems crazy.

It likely won't be @ RRCC. There's too much back story to go into, but keeping our current course is not looking good.
The worry is that it will be in a place that has issues that make it inferior to where we currently are. That's totally valid.
Another great thing that's come out of this is that the cross community has gotten organized. A leadership group made up of designates from each USAC team got together for a first mtg last night @ Cycler's Cafe(I was deer hunting in the wilds of IN, bow season's ovr but camry season just started!)

From the reports I've read from Seiler(read his commentary on Lou Dirt Club) and others, it was productive, passionate and a good first step. There is talk of fighting to keep RRCC. That would be great, we have roots and history there, but if we have to move we may have options we haven't even considered. Mr Lyons had the idea to study courses in europe and incorporate thos elements into what we do at a new place. Cool possibilities.

I've gotten several emails from Jason Cissell @ Parks(as has tallgirl), and he seems determined to make this happen sooner than later. That would help ease the fear of losing RRCC and having nowhere. He seems to think we are a few days away from an announcement. That means any efforts to change the final plan need to move quickly.

The one thing that could help this move in a positive direction would be to have a lot more open dialog. The biggest issue that had people digging their heels in was that a group had been mtg with the city behind closed doors. Once again, more communication solves the problem. If you can get the city's ear and get us what we all want, cool. But secret mtgs always cause backlash. There are so many people that have built this community up to where it is, surely there's a way to give them a voice.

My hope is that this new leadership group can help steer things to a better solution, and that wherever we end up, be it RRCC or Eva Bandman, that we are able to keep growing this.

Now I just want to race my bike with my friends and have some fun. Is there a way for all of these things to happen at once?