Kudos to Tami Ryall

This article in the East Valley Tribune about the new dog park is well worth reading in its entirety. But the key paragraphs for me are these:

Four lakes glint a bright blue from the future Santan Freeway in Gilbert as if mirages — but they’re not.
They are part of Gilbert’s Cosmo and Discovery parks, nearing completion and expected to open by summer.

“These were all alfalfa fields,” said assistant town manager Tami Ryall this week as she looked over final work on the parks, which still need grass.

What would have been bare dirt water-retention basins for the freeway are instead being transformed into parks with picnic ramadas, multiuse sports fields and canine play structures, including a large black rock and climbing walls.

Tami's vision for Gilbert's parks and trail systems and freeway under and overpasses has been outstanding; "what would have been bare dirt..." is not, and that's true of more than just the dog park. Thanks, Tami!