Heavener Main Street Program
Small towns all face the same challenges - how do we keep our younger generations gainfully employed in our local communities so we can continue to offer what made us a good place to raise families in the first place.
Talk about balancing on a razor's edge! If we encourage the huge employers to set up shop we can also get the problems that can come along with transient populations - gangs, increased drugs and violent crimes and pressure on our schools and infrastructures. But, we can not expect to stay the same. Older businesses will close, some will move and if we do nothing, our small communities become empty spots on old maps. We will always need to find new businesses to be here in our small towns so they can have futures with us.
Main street programs help small communities to help themselves and Heavener is taking steps to ensure that it will continue to offer not just memories but also futures. Each meeting that I have been at so far has seen new faces who bring with them not just optimism, but some determination that we will have a future to offer.
The next meeting will be on October 20th at 6 P.M. at the Heavener schools. One reason we are meeting there is that we are growing out of the places we have been meeting - last Saturday's meeting ended up being standing room only!
You should be there. Every time just 1 person steps up to help make an area an better place - you do just that - you make it a better place.
Clicking on the title or here will show you a new resource for this area.
Join with us - this is your future and the future of your children that you can make happen.
Talk about balancing on a razor's edge! If we encourage the huge employers to set up shop we can also get the problems that can come along with transient populations - gangs, increased drugs and violent crimes and pressure on our schools and infrastructures. But, we can not expect to stay the same. Older businesses will close, some will move and if we do nothing, our small communities become empty spots on old maps. We will always need to find new businesses to be here in our small towns so they can have futures with us.
Main street programs help small communities to help themselves and Heavener is taking steps to ensure that it will continue to offer not just memories but also futures. Each meeting that I have been at so far has seen new faces who bring with them not just optimism, but some determination that we will have a future to offer.
The next meeting will be on October 20th at 6 P.M. at the Heavener schools. One reason we are meeting there is that we are growing out of the places we have been meeting - last Saturday's meeting ended up being standing room only!
You should be there. Every time just 1 person steps up to help make an area an better place - you do just that - you make it a better place.
Clicking on the title or here will show you a new resource for this area.
Join with us - this is your future and the future of your children that you can make happen.
posted by Mike Myklin at 9:55 AM
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