2007.06.28
The town of Pulaski should consider reversion
For the Sunday Current editorial, we'll suggest the town of Pulaski investigate giving up its townness and becoming a normal part of the county.
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"townness?"
Is that like the 'your name + ness' philosophy in 'You, Me and Dupree'?
Comment by C Ramsey — June 28, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
Beats me. I haven't seen that movie. It's a word I made up on the spot while whipping up the blog post that is, obviously, not a real word. It does not appear in the editorial itself. It's use here was to get across an idea as succinctly as possible, which I believe it does.
Comment by C. Trejbal — June 28, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
I think he meant "unincorporate," which is a lot more succinct than "give up its townness and become a normal part of the county."
Comment by Dave — June 29, 2007 @ 8:47 am
Maybe it should be considered by Roanoke City as well!
Comment by Shemp — June 29, 2007 @ 8:18 pm
It may as well stay a town. Nothing is ever going to be here.
Everything is going to Dublin, where things are taken care of. And there are places to shop, and dine...
We only have Banks, where there is no money, fast food joints to eat. Empty run down stores and pot hole parking lots are here to greet you.
Drug heads and drunks walk the streets as if they were in a parade.
It's the poorest of poor. We have a dollar store on every corner, and flea markets full of junk.
And "OUR" Wall*Mart is now sitting in DUBLIN!
And the shoppers that once came here for the Wall*Mart are now gone...
Draper, Dublin, Claytor Lake, Allisonia...Need I say more?
Comment by Mary — June 30, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
Mary, Mary:
Please. Come to the new Peeples and Magic Mart. And in January, Tractor Supply. Consider the significant clean up and citizen Quad meetings.
James Hardie? The largest outside investment in the Commonwealth in 2006.
Mary, your attitude is what's a drag on the Town. Get real!
Comment by John — September 25, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
I think it's time for Pulaski to own up to the notion that they are becoming a "bedroom community" and to embrace that fact. With Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Dublin, and Wytheville as the major nearby employment sources in the NRV, what Pulaski once had has now transferred as those localities have kept pace with the changes. That's not to say Pulaski can't get some industry back, James Hardie is proof that it will come when marketed properly. But, in order for Pulaski to get the commercial, entertainment, and dining options improved and to re-develop the empty storefronts along 99 and downtown, they need more people with more money to call the town home. Once that occurs, all the benefits of new retail and dining options, plus their tax revenues, will come. Without the gravity centers of textile and furniture manufacturing to bring folks into the town now, they have to look at how they can bring people back. Most forms of heavy manufacturing are likely lost forever due to foreign competition, so the town can either bring in new industry or higher tech industry. They could also look at re-developing the abandoned plants and using that land for new commercial and residential developments. Pulaski is not dead by a long shot, there are ample opportunities abound for the town to re-emerge with a new identity...provided the leaders of the town have the vision and foresight to come up with a plan and the wherewithall to see it through.
Comment by Other John — September 26, 2007 @ 12:52 am