Main Street lined with great possibilities
It sure is enticing to sit back and think about all the great possibilities which await Main Street. And what a downtown showpiece we can have if renovation work proceeds as planned.
It never hurts to do a little wishful thinking and paint a picture of a vibrant, financially bustling Main Street. It’s an image which appeared far in the distance only a few years back, but it’s one beginning to draw closer.
The farmers’ market pavilion remains under construction near the downtown water tower and an impressive structure it is. When complete, it will provide farmers’ market participants comfortable shelter when the market resumes on Saturday and Wednesday mornings.
There’s been a full-time carpenter hired to spruce up the Blue Building and improvement at city hall is already visible with a sharp new entry way.
Projects such as Park Theater restoration continue to build steam as its one area in which the community seems firmly united. The once-proud Park Theater is a place where many memories are held and it’s a place which can be brought back to life.
It’s all of these things, and new businesses to boot, which have downtown excitement continuing to grow. There’s a recently opened music store located next to The Collection and a new store for UT, Titan and NASCAR memorabilia located on Spring Street. There’s even a vendor selling hotdogs from a cart, a man determined to set up shop and sell hotdogs even during the winter months.
Downtown has all of these things – and more progress is just waiting to take place.
Security Federal did an admirable job clearing away what had been a crumbling house and making it into a more appealing grassy lot. Who knows what bank officials have in store, but Security Federal appears ready to step up and really take a leadership role as one of this town’s best community banks.
On the other end of Main Street, the empty lot owned by the library at the big curve onto Sparta Street has been cleared for about a year. There’s light landscaping there now, but the lot could really be transformed into an attractive showpiece, or the home of a new business.
As we ring in the new year and think about projects we would like to see through to fruition, we must remember to keep Main Street in mind. It remains a work in progress which won’t see its way through to completion by the end of 2003.
It never hurts to evaluate all the quality improvements which have been made and think about all the continued progress for the future. Main Street can become a centerpiece in which we’re all proud.