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# A chilling opportunity lost
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-chilling-opportunity-lost-editor/
- Published: 2007-11-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:06:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Downtown, #archive-import

*By Peter Tigler Santa Monica*

(Re: “Chilling out this season,” Nov. 23) Is it just me or are other Santa Monica residents thinking that City Hall has missed a big opportunity? Downtown’s temporary, outdoor skating rink should have been marketed as Southern California’s only sustainable skating rink. The totally green energy consumed in keeping a shallow pond frozen in 70-degree sunshine, the gray water used, the no-drip/no-runoff LEEDS award design are all bona fide selling points... No?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 26, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)