A new year traditionally calls for new resolutions and desires, including wishes for a community. The Peninsula Beacon asked three local community leaders both what they would like to see happen locally and what they know is going to happen in the coming year \u2014 in their own words. Councilman Kevin Faulconer Dock opening: “We\u2019re going to have a great opening of the NTC Park \u2014 the final phase of about 46 acres \u2014 in the coming months. One of the things I\u2019m working on in conjunction with that is opening up the dock there for public use and public enjoyment. That\u2019s going to take work with the city and the Navy and working with our community. I started that process and I intend to finish that here in the next couple months, because we really need to have that area opened as a water feature, a destination for water taxis and public enjoyment. Methane gas: “One thing we\u2019re going to see is moving forward on recycling the methane gas from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant and generating renewable energy without having to use trucks through our neighborhoods. It\u2019s great for the environment, the city will make money, and we protected our neighborhoods in the process. All the construction will start this year.” Denny Knox, Ocean Beach MainStreet Association Better business: “I would like to see our businesses start to really come out of this recession and really experience if not a surge, then a leveling out of business, so that they can depend on a stable economy. I\u2019d like the government to get off small business\u2019 back and let them operate and not \u2018fee\u2019 them to death.” Businesses better: “The businesses that have survived the last year are going to run a lot more efficiently this coming year because they have really worked on their businesses to stay alive this last year. They\u2019ve really trimmed expenses and come up with some really creative ideas to promote their businesses.” Jim Musgrove, president, OB Town Council Beach-y keen: “I would like to see the continued cleanup of our beaches and that the fire rings stay. Because of budgetary cuts, they\u2019re talking about taking (fire rings) out citywide. I know that the residents of Ocean Beach are going to be very active in the continued cleanup and the efforts to keep the fire rings in place.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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