I recently had an elightening conversation with a good friend. She was bemoaning her fellow business owners berating her about
“how are we going to make this town <insert hip city here>?”.
We both agreed that to try to shove our little city, which is in the throws of lifting itself from years of economic desperation, into some preconcieved notion of what is hip, is plain stupid. Not to mention, for me annoying.
If I wanted to be in one of those so called hip cities, I would be.
Please do not mistake my intentions here. I love that there are two theatres, a museum, restuarants, coffee shops, galleries and more to come-all within in walking distance. But what I dream of for this little hamlet is that we do not become just like all those other cities. That as the city grows and evolves, it maintains a level of ‘realness’ that is true to all of its residents. A sustainable community, in all senses, because the thing about becoming a hot spot is that eventually you become cold.
So here is my little contribution to that effort. A blog highlighting what is unique, real and local about this area. Enjoy!
