Let's bring more of what we like to Curtis Park!

It can be easy for critics to claim that neighbors like us don't ever want any change.  But they're wrong. Most reasonable people recognize that change is inevitable. The challenge happens when there is effort required to ensure that the changes are for the better!  This is a curve that we can definitely get ahead of here in Curtis Park.  If we want to avoid costly battles with big-box developers down the road we can take proactive steps to increase awareness of what the neighborhood wants to support.  This is an opportunity and really, an obligation if we really care about the unique character of our neighborhood.

We have begun working to attract more locally-owned, independent business owners to Curtis Park. Entrepreneurs who enjoy our neighborhood's character as much as we do and who are looking for a ready audience for their original work, whatever it might happen to be.  We're doing this in a few ways, and one of them is this nascent marketing campaign to better define our personality in the minds of prospective developers, business owners, shoppers, travelers and neighbors.  A neighborhood with lots of unique businesses will be more and more attractive over time, as more chain stores creep across the landscape.

Here are a few of the draft concepts.  Send your ideas to curtisparkcharacter@gmail.com!  And look for more of these around the neighborhood soon!