Whenever a town ages, it has to adjust too, to avert stalling out, fading away. Often a city is settled for one selected motive and then, years later, finds it inevitably to learn a new trick in order to stay workable, which is inevitable. How this township goes about remaking itself says a lot about how up-and-coming the town itself is, but it also serves as an observation on us and our modern times.

A clear illustration of this evolution is seen in the Washington town of Hoquiam. Constituted as a logging township, it maintains that past with events such as the Loggers‘ Playday. And in the fall there is a logging contest and a parade to further remind the inhabitants how they got here. Henceforth where some traditions are timeless, basic to the framework of a city’s culture, others have to be created afresh.

Take, for example, the Hoquiam waterfront. This stretch of town in the Hoquiam downtown has been underused since its preceding heyday in the 1980s. Therefore with the possibilities presented by new development, out of the blue there’s a prospect that it can become a hub for the position. It can’t be all logging contests and lumber festivals, after all.

Imagining a waterfront lined with shops and restaurants and hotels helps us mull over about how to make a metropolitan more profitable — both culturally and financially. A high-quality waterfront area has done much for other cities, notably San Antonio and Baltimore. It creates a variety of city centre with opportunity for dining and shopping and amusement. And of course here’s a likely feature that serves as built-in scenery, something to take the weight off your feet while sipping drinks or having a bit of dinner.

There’s separate rationality for Hoquiam to establish its waterfront. There’s its bigger neighbor to the east, Aberdeen, with whom Hoquiam has a kind of contention. Often bigger cities receive more tourism, additional tax money, and additional opportunities, than the smaller neighbor nearby. Identical to the older sibling who gets all the new things as the small sister has to play with old toys. So it’s in Hoquiam’s benefit to form that downtown waterfront into a space amiable to locals and tourists alike, if for no other motivation than it could grant Aberdeen something to think about.

It is fundamental to hang on to heritage and what went before. New ideas require to be embraced. Small-scale towns similar to Hoquiam should be unafraid of variation — the most unbelievable cities straddle centuries, after all.

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