Trip To Paducah

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   I blieve the Paducah trip is sponsored by Mr.Gordon of the Community Foundation.
I hope the local travelers find something that may enhance our community, particularly the downtown area.
I am all for the "arty" "specialty" shop approach initiated by the private sector with any municipal support available.
"Regular shopping" means just what, Vet?
 We have Kohl's,Target,WalMart,Meijer,EB and every dollar store imaginable. We have enough low end mediocrity playing to our existing local economy. Nothing wrong with something different in an under-used area of the community.

Local destinations are becoming few and far between here.
Beau Verre,Stefano's the Meadows,Java Johnny's, 56 Degrees are all wonderful local businesses run with pride.
How many do you visit and support?

Time for some of you to quit knocking everything, and put your own $$ on the line in private business adventures tailored to your own needs/skills/desires. Or if you have enough support for your thinking, run for office! Few of you honestly have any stake in any local business ventures or actual committee participation. How many of you volunteered to serve on the city boards available?

Make it happen through constructive participation. Don't walk away or quit because you don't initially get your own way or the much coveted recognition. Stick to it and refuse to go away, hiding at a convenient message board.

jmo

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spiderjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749	Post Options Post Reply Quote spiderjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 10:54am
	I blieve the Paducah trip is sponsored by Mr.Gordon of the Community Foundation. I hope the local travelers find something that may enhance our community, particularly the downtown area. I am all for the "arty" "specialty" shop approach initiated by the private sector with any municipal support available. "Regular shopping" means just what, Vet? We have Kohl's,Target,WalMart,Meijer,EB and every dollar store imaginable. We have enough low end mediocrity playing to our existing local economy. Nothing wrong with something different in an under-used area of the community. Local destinations are becoming few and far between here. Beau Verre,Stefano's the Meadows,Java Johnny's, 56 Degrees are all wonderful local businesses run with pride. How many do you visit and support? Time for some of you to quit knocking everything, and put your own $$ on the line in private business adventures tailored to your own needs/skills/desires. Or if you have enough support for your thinking, run for office! Few of you honestly have any stake in any local business ventures or actual committee participation. How many of you volunteered to serve on the city boards available? Make it happen through constructive participation. Don't walk away or quit because you don't initially get your own way or the much coveted recognition. Stick to it and refuse to go away, hiding at a convenient message board. jmo

Middletown News Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Apr 29 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1100	Post Options Post Reply Quote Middletown News Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 10:29am
	The estimated population, in 2003, was 25,565. Half the size of Middletown.
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VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 10:10am
	Great response! I like it! Yep, the big dogs need to put me in my place alright, but, you know, it's really hard seeing this once vibrant town being run by a bunch of outsiders who don't know what Middletown needs or wants. Mulligan, Armbruster and Marconi are old enough to know better. They've been around as long as I have- long enough to have seen the slide from progressive to ineptness.How can people who have lived in this town since the 40's be so different in their assessment of Middletown and have lived through the same events over the years? Becker's from Hamilton so he doesn't have a clue about the prosperous days here and is really an outsider.Schiavone is younger but should have gotten just a hint of what Middletown needs by now, but hasn't. Scott-Jones just got here from another state so she can't relate. Gilleland, Murphy, Duritsch and probably half of the management in this city are outsiders so they don't have a notion as to what we need. Giving them my opinion? They'll get it even if they don't want it because I enjoy shaking the peaches from their tree. Anything to throw a wrench into the gears of their little clubmobile.

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 9:05am
	From the looks of the average income it is not the locals that are supporting the arts. At $26K per year and a population half the size of Middletown, it must be outside generated traffic that is the major support.

arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: May 17 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 588	Post Options Post Reply Quote arwendt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 9:02am
	I was in Paducah last summer. It is really nice. It's also impressive that they took the initiative to go down there. But I could have just e-mailed these people some pics and saved them one long boring trip.

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 8:48am
	Paducah, KY http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4226 http://www.paducaharts.com/ http://www.paducah.travel/listings/index.cfm?action=showListings&catID=4 http://www.ci.paducah.ky.us/paducah/ Something that may be working in Paducahs favor with the arts is that they have 4 or 5 Casinos within 20 miles or so of their location.

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 8:33am
	Hey Vet you are just a Citizen here in this town, we may ask for your opinion but we really are not interested in it, sit down and shutup we know what is best for you. Someone call HUD and get some more Section 8 Vouchers then we can give them some coupons to the Artsy side of town.

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 16 2008 at 7:12am
	A bus load of city people heading to Paducah Kentucky to view the downtown area to see if the artsy scene will fit Middletown. Guess we should give them credit for looking at successful ventures since they can't seem to put a game plan of their own together. Will Middletown's downtown area look like it belongs in "Yellow Springs" in a few years? Will the entire theme be devoted to arts or will we also have areas of "regular" shopping also? Seems to me that an "artsy theme" contrasts greatly with a blue collar town. Aren't they on opposite ends of the scale and will Middletown people support "artsy" businesses or will they have to pull their customers from out of town? The city leaders seem to be locked into this arts theme thing. Wouldn't it be wise to consider other themes such as what Lebanon offers? Even Franklin has a plan to implement and on a lesser scale, downtown Eaton.