Comments on: Through a tourist’s eyes

By: Deb Brown

Deb Brown — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:37:09 +0000

Deb – my mom and I would have LOVED going on that trip with you!

By: Deb Keller

Deb Keller — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:56:49 +0000

Deb, that sounds like a fun trip! Last year I took my mom home to Pipestone, MN and we did the same thing….instead of taking the interstate we took HWY 9 and stopped at EVERY quilt fabric shop on the way. It took 9 hours to make a 4.5 hour drive…and mom loved it. She still talks about it. At 81 she doesn’t like to drive far alone; but she still enjoys seeing the countryside and visiting the shops she can’t get to anymore.

By: Deb Brown

Deb Brown — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:48:51 +0000

You are welcome MissDazey – it’s nice to know someone enjoyed the trip with me!

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By: MissDazey

MissDazey — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:52:29 +0000

This is so lovely, thanks for letting me come along.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:17:27 +0000

Grant -
It’s maddening isn’t it? I think one of the most important things we can do is keep stirring the pot – write about what we see. Show people who are doing it right. Bug the hell out of the powers that be. It takes a commitment to your community and it helps to find others who also have the commitment. Still…. there are days where you want to strangle everyone you meet! I think this must be the curse of the early front runners.

I too want to hear what others have to say about what we can do to get these small businesses out of their old comfort zones.

By: Grant Griffiths

Grant Griffiths — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:06:43 +0000

Deb, love the post and the story. And both of the small towns sound great. I too would love to see more and more small rural towns do what you describe.

While we can take all of these great ideas to our local ‘powers to be,’ how do we get them to do something? I am finding it more and more frustrating to see the glazed over look in the eyes of small town businesses and even Chambers when you talk about ideas to keep the town vibrant and live.

What is also troubling is to watch these same businesses and Chambers do the same old ways of doing things. And don’t even get me started on the topic of social media, blogging and the internet when it comes to these same people. Even when you sit down and show them what they can accomplish with these tools. And even when they sit there shaking their heads in agreement, they still go back to their stores, businesses and offices and do the same old thing. Take out that boring yellow page ad, newspaper ad and pray to god someone actually shows up to buy their products or their services.

What can we do to get them out of their outdated comfort zones?