Jul 13, 2023·edited Jul 13, 2023Liked by Chris Lowry
It takes more than people to rebuild a town. It takes community.
Now we have to brainstorm how to rebuild that community, that sense of belonging that unites people and makes them willing to be more than their individual selves.
I understand and feel the pain of a City that has potential but just can not get over the pasts past, Ft Smith is a similar situation not quite but similar, the way I see things are that people have a tendency to get in there own way, we stand back and wait for government to fix things and never take the time to get involved and fix it ourselves, past city officials in Ft Smith were never proactive enough when jobs left now they are way behind the curve.
I grew up in Ft Smith left it 40 years ago for the gold of NW AR. and never looked back, I still have family in Ft Smith and every time I venture down the mountain I see the potential but realize the selfishness of people and the lack of public pride that was once a staple of out environment.
Now Ft Smith did not receive the bad post that PB has over the years but the politics were about the same mentality when jobs and factories left for greener Mexico they stood back and watch and thought that if they stood back and did nothing if would be alright and it wasn't, now the once second largest city in AR is now 2nd to Fayetteville.
PB has always gotten a bad rap on everything from crime to jobs, but I can see the potential in both cities if the right people cared enough to get involved, now it is a fact that PB and Ft Smith neither have the Waltons, Tyson's and Hunts but their is money in both places if the people with the money cared enough.
It takes more than people to rebuild a town. It takes community.
Now we have to brainstorm how to rebuild that community, that sense of belonging that unites people and makes them willing to be more than their individual selves.
I understand and feel the pain of a City that has potential but just can not get over the pasts past, Ft Smith is a similar situation not quite but similar, the way I see things are that people have a tendency to get in there own way, we stand back and wait for government to fix things and never take the time to get involved and fix it ourselves, past city officials in Ft Smith were never proactive enough when jobs left now they are way behind the curve.
I grew up in Ft Smith left it 40 years ago for the gold of NW AR. and never looked back, I still have family in Ft Smith and every time I venture down the mountain I see the potential but realize the selfishness of people and the lack of public pride that was once a staple of out environment.
Now Ft Smith did not receive the bad post that PB has over the years but the politics were about the same mentality when jobs and factories left for greener Mexico they stood back and watch and thought that if they stood back and did nothing if would be alright and it wasn't, now the once second largest city in AR is now 2nd to Fayetteville.
PB has always gotten a bad rap on everything from crime to jobs, but I can see the potential in both cities if the right people cared enough to get involved, now it is a fact that PB and Ft Smith neither have the Waltons, Tyson's and Hunts but their is money in both places if the people with the money cared enough.
Sorry for the Rant, have a good 4th from NWA