Clyde Development Corner
Thought I’d write a couple comments on the Clyde Development Corner that is written by Clyde Economic Development director Mari Detrixhe and published in the Washington County News most weeks.
This column came into the WC News when I merged the Clifton-Clyde Tribune with the News. We have a significant circulation in Clyde, so I wanted to keep it available.
While most of the columns are specifically focused on Clyde efforts and activities, I think everyone in the county should read about their efforts and try to duplicate them in their own town. I would venture to say that Clyde is currently the most progressive town in the county. They have so many unique efforts going on, it is hard to keep up. They also have a very active chamber and several committees made up of various business owners and general citizens who are very committed and loyal to their community – and it shows.
I wish we could all have so much involvement – it’d be good for everyone in the region.
So take some time each week to read the column and see that just because we are small and rural communities, we don’t have to sit on our laurels and wait for our impending doom. We all need to pull up our boot straps and get something done for our communities so that our kids and grandkids can have a great life in one of our small towns too.
Clyde is going to be around for a long, long time. They all work together and accomplish things that need to be accomplished in order to assure their survival, which is a vital aspect of any thriving community.
Not too mention, it’s one of the cutest little towns in the area. The city is very well maintained, clean and well-kept, and it seems that the majority of the citizens possess a great sense of duty to do their part in maintaining a welcoming small town atmosphere.
When the downtown was being painted, there were so many volunteers it was unreal. Same goes with nearly every community-organized event. People just pour out to offer their assistance. That is why Clyde is so successful, because the people of the town DO and ACT. Not just talk a bunch of yakety-yak and wish in one hand.
Funny how the two little towns of Clifton and Clyde are so close together, but yet so completely different in almost every aspect.
If you want to look at a small town that’s going to be around for generations to come, look at Clyde. Do what they do.
If you want to look at a small town that’s going to be a ghost town in less than 30 years, look at Clifton. Don’t do what they do.
Each small town decides whether or not they’re going to roll over and become extinct, or fight the good fight. Clyde should be an inspiration to a lot of other small towns in need of some kind of motivation.
Well said and accurate on many points, Eclectic.
Perhaps one of the things that Clyde has going for it is that it is not in Washington county.