When reading the announcement this morning about the cancellation of the Elm Street School project due to increased construction costs and lack of funding, I thought back to the civic legends like Mary Louise Bok and Charles Cawley who had a love for Camden and the financial good fortunes to be able to help our community be a better place for us all to live.

Where are those type of individuals today? We know that they live amongst us.

Perhaps the sad saga of the Elm Street School and the resulting loss of critical affordable housing for our teachers will strike a chord with someone out there. Wouldn’t that be a great epilogue to this story?

Philip Dinkins lives in Camden