“I have not heard any complaints about the DORA. It's been highly effective during the summer months when our population is almost cut in half in drawing the non-student population to establishments uptown and along the Stimson corridor.”

“There was not an alignment between myself and the executive director in terms of sustainability,” Patterson said.”

“One of the ways that would have worked really well from a sustainability standpoint would be to, either on forest service land or land that we could have acquired, we could build cabins,” Patterson said.”

“I knew that was what we had to do to be sustainable,” Patterson said.”

“We need to focus on river trails, better utilizing the Hocking River,” Patterson said.”

“We've got 750 acres of nature preserves here in the city of Athens,” Patterson said.”

“There's an area of about 26 acres on the south side of the city that could be and will be in the future, developed into a trail network over there,” Patterson said.”