tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088603658552825500.post2879679884332934254..comments2023-11-05T05:53:29.465-05:00Comments on The Hickory Hound: Newsletter about the City Council meeting of April 21, 2015 James Thomas Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359970774315269896noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088603658552825500.post-7601103233865598922015-04-24T19:42:32.637-04:002015-04-24T19:42:32.637-04:00I've come to realize that "planning"...I've come to realize that "planning" in Hickory is not planning in the same sense of the word that one would typically assume. "Planning" really means hoping and managing whatever crumbs fall our way. Year ago I asked what Hickory's "brand" was. What will our identity be now that we aren't really the furniture and textile manufacturing center we were. <br /><br />That question is still unanswered, and I see no real drive towards anything. A few new restaurants have opened up and the great hope is that the bond projects will attract some great new blood here. But the mall is looking more vacant than ever and when Corning leaves even some of the restaurants around here are going to hurt. <br /><br />It seems like a time warp. WSOC reports on Hickory being a city high on the misery index while our local media again had our mayor touting the same stuff we've had for years, an art museum, ball team, libraries,and so on. Nothing is happening here and I welcome veterans here as I would anyone, but the stagnation continues.Harry Hippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373435658855296299noreply@blogger.com